on september 3, allied troops arrived and assumed command of the airbase. once in american hands, combat engineers of the ix engineering command 846th engineer aviation regiment repaired the damaged airfield and applied numerous patches to the two concrete runways and taxiways of the field. it was declared operationally ready for combat units on 16 september, only a few days after its capture from german forces, being designated as advanced landing ground a-84 or "chievres airfield".