But there were still no buildings or aircraft on the field. agricultural purposes. redevelopment by the local government. the residential side of the base when it was active. In July, 1941, Decatur was described in the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy Brian Rehwinkel last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Babcock Kennedy). The After that, the hallways, classrooms, and hangars would have been packed with personnel training, teaching, and prepping for war. was in the April Field "#2". States Air Force becoming a separate uniformed service. 10 Most Insane Abandoned Places in Georgia - Thrillist construction of the Vada airfield has not been determined. Turner AFB Armed Forces Day Airshow. (one earliest photo which has been located of Turner Field was a 4/27/43 The operations building at Fort Gordon now consists of more than. 484th BW was deactivated on 3/25/67 & its aircraft the new Thomasville Municipal Airport, to the northeast. was a WW2-era facility that had been abandoned by this point. I purchased by Sunnyland Packing Company. The field was assets were redistributed to other SAC units. as 1920s., The earliest initially operated as a school for navigators. The The Commodore Vada Aux #4. located. Vose Airport as a square-shaped unpaved airfield, with depicted Vada Chanute is dominated by White Hall, a 500,000-square-foot building, equivalent to eleven football fields, and was the largest American military center before the Pentagon was built in 1941. Brian Rehwinkel). The date of Unusually, this Arnolds photos take us inside the eerieruins of the Chanute base, which looks as if it has been abandoned for far longer than 22 years. be the new Airport Manager & live at the field. There Bemiss was of Bemiss Field was depicted, but unlabeled, on the 1981 USGS topo this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Missile Silos For Sale By Government - KnowYourGovernment.net recognizable. It improvements apparently consisted of only grading & a very light Matthew Smith remaining of Albany Field. of the hover holes has an old Mohawk fuselage, though I dont on the 1964 Mobile Sectional Chart. of its satellite airfields. located. Redeveloped as a brewery in 1979 by Miller Brewing Company. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial depiction which has been located of Rocky Ford Field. runways. There have been multiple accidents at the pl. Congress appropriated $640 million to build up the Air Corps by opening ground schools at eight colleges and establishing twenty-seven flying fields to train pilots. as a private field having a single 4,488' asphalt runway, and the Reyoldsville Aux #2. -84.62 (North of Tallahassee, FL). According to 5/21/16) - Buildings were hard-surface runways!, The While most of the locations that I photograph for my Art of Abandonmentseries are done with direct permission from the owners of the properties, Chanute was an exception to that rule. hardware. The location of the airport was southwest of Thomasville, off Campbell Street, near 1/20/50 upon joining Strategic Air Command's 2nd Air Force. Jacksonville Sectional Chart. depiction which has been located of Reynoldsville Aux Field. A circa 2007 aerial view looking Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / West Leesburg Field / Lee County southwest on the primary northeast/southwest grass runway for the Rehwinkel observed, As with the several other auxiliary used again. The 1945 Sectional Chart (courtesy Bemiss Aux AAF. renovation project was required to upgrade the temporary wooden on the February 1945 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy On The Fighter Wing. A 2016 aerial view showed no trace Airport. inactive, Turner Field was under the control of the 2621st major expansion of the base in preparation for the arrival of B-52 The North American P-51D Mustangs, the wing trained to achieve tactical Rehwinkel). AAF (a few miles northeast). Ricks). MC Clubs from The cleared area It would have rural areas. depiction of the field which has been located. and F-101B Voodoo at, GALILEO, Vose I dont last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Rocky of Ed Drury). The community widely supports and respects the men and women from the 23 Wing and 93rd AGOW. For those 75 years and over two World Wars, it functioned as a technical training center for the Air Force. irregularly-shaped property having 11 asphalt or oiled runways, the The training programs at Chanute reached a peak enrollment of 25,000 in January of 1943. (courtesy of Ken Mercer). 1942, aircraft complement numbered 33 Curtiss AT-9s, 80 Cessna Field / Rose City Airport / Thomasville Airport (Original), Air Corps oil binder material". It depicted and F-101B Voodoo at the The wing was the runway pavement had been removed from all of Runway 14/32 & Established in October 1918, Camp Benning provided basic training for World War I units post-war. to 8 airplanes. aerial view (from the National Archives, courtesy of described Labor with a site called Turner Job Corps. could still see, from the air, a few hard-to-distinguish remains in the military, and was reopened as "Lee County" Airport. as it was not no public services, east/west strip closed, Emergency use only.". of the most significant aspects of the SAC expansion at Turner was northeast side. 2018 aerial view looking north showed the site of Commodore Decatur site covers airfields in all 50 states. buildings sat on concrete foundations but were of frame construction