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FS2004 1962 Birmingham Alabama Airport Scenery This scenery creates the Birmingham Municipal Airport circa 1962 (KBHM). Continued growth in passenger traffic by 1962 resulted in the construction of a second passenger terminal and a new air traffic control tower, built west of the original 1931 terminal. This was dedicated on February 11, 1962 as the Birmingham Air Terminal. Included are flight plans for the Alabama National Guard flights. During the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, pilots and crews from the Alabama Air National Guard's 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Birmingham were selected to train Cuban exile fliers in Nicaragua to fly the Douglas B-26 Invader in the close air support role. By Juan Antonio Martinez Castro and Al Von Pingel