Ghriss AirportGhriss Airport is a civilian airport in Ghriss, Mascara Province, Algeria, located southwest of the town of Ghriss, Algeria.World War IIDuring World War II, the facility was known as "Thiersville Airfield". It was a Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign used by the 60th Troop Carrier Group, which flew C-47 Skytrain transports from the airfield between May and June 1943.