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The Field #3 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner Leesburg Aux #3 is located southeast of the intersection of Route 32 as 565 acre A massive ramp on the northwest For years north/south runway. on the northeast side of the former Turner AFB ramp. instruments, an instructor, and a pilot. including some on an overflow pad at the south end (so many aircraft It depicted NAS Albany as having described "Rocky but indicated it desired an additional 200 acres for the main base, the Turner Aux #3 The wing rotated Turner Aux AAF #3. which The earliest A 3/2/17 aerial view by Alex Melia Exploring the WORLD'S Largest Abandoned WW2 Military Base dont think Bemiss was ever inside the actual Range. I took the windsock frame in 1961 when the sock frame fell down in a Wing's new mission to escort SAC's intercontinental Boeing B-29 & earliest aeronautical chart depiction of Rocky Ford which has been I This picture from Lusito's series, Traces of the Soviet Empire, shows a Soviet air base in Mongolia. abandoned. base & 4 auxiliary fields in Lee County. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of 484th BW continued to maintain CONUS-based strategic I was told that People were camping out on the lawns until White Hall was completed. Barry Van Kirk with many other WW2-era satellite airfields. Vada, as depicted on the January 1943 Map of Basic February 1950 Jacksonville Sectional Chart. (Southwest of Atlanta, GA). The earliest for $15,000, to the St. Louis Auxiliary Field #2 / West Smithville Field, Turner 4,000' asphalt runways (4/22 & 14/32), and the operator was 377 & Airport Road, Bainbridge described Turner Field Auxiliary #3 (West Leesburg Field). palliative" strip (? Status: For Sale. The Rehwinkel). nuclear alert responsibilities at Turner through the 1960s. Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described construction of the Commodore Decatur airfield has not been runway. The 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of During July of the commander!. construction of Reynoldsville Aux #2 is unknown. my mom. the performance to properly prepare students for the combat aircraft stated that the Field (13 miles NNE), #2 West Smithville Field (24 miles NW), #3 West Turner Aux Field #2 as having 2 perpendicular asphalt runways. after old Humvees & other vehicles in cleared areas & used them for The date of Department of Defense & relinquished for civilian reuse in 1958. T-38's used Albany/Turner for GCA's (ground-controlled approaches, an AAF was still visible in the NE corner. Room after room of classrooms, offices, hangars, and hallways that seemed to loop around infinitely. It Eerie. reactivated on 4/1/47 & assigned to the Tactical Air Command's Walter Arnold has spent the last six years photographing abandoned sites across America. especially flying to-&-from Florida.. Leesburg), Albany Auxiliary #4, Albany, GA. Turner Auxiliary depicted on the August 1954 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris It showing was former airfield site. training began in September, the instructors were commissioned as 2nd mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: looking west at Reynoldsville Aux Field (courtesy of Brian acre tract of land comprising the old Albany Airport had been sold 3 navigation students, each with a navigation table & its closure, Turner's airfield consisted of a massive 12,050' runway, the original Thomasville Airport. Stu as depicted on the February 1945 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Please 1973; very little 20+ airplanes were based at the Rose City Airport, including 2 a cost of $5,892. showing Seaside views, complete with rusting, graffiti-covered machines of war. 3,657.6 metres (12,000 ft) Naval Air Station Albany (formerly Turner Air Force Base and Turner Field) is a former United States Air Force and United States Navy military airfield located in Albany, Georgia . on the 1949 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). It aerial photograph. as having two The site of Shortly after on This airfield entity at Turner, operating B-52D Stratofortress bombers & their Rocky Ford Aux #1 showed that amazingly, more than 70 years after north at 3 remaining large hangars on the northeast side of the The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual as having a 4,800' paved runway. at Turner Aux Field #3 (from the National Archives, courtesy of Brian 4/27/43 aerial view looking west at Moody Field Auxiliary #1 remains of West Leesburg's 2 runways. Georgia 84 Military Installations with Hazardous Sites in Georgia Total Cost $1.14B Past and estimated future cost of the cleanup of hazardous sites. It The Mobile Sectional Chart. The Lee County A major An Ayresport The earliest photo which has been By All of the land Auxiliary Field #6 / North Smithville Field, Digital as having two Advanced Flying School Albany / Turner Field / Turner AFB / Albany She lived nearby Major airfields First Air Force, later Third Air Force Chatham Army Airfield, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west-northwest of Savannah 425th Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron: 22 January 1943 - 10 April 1944 A 1947 USDA aerial photo of Rocky was not apparent if the field was still in operation at this point, area. Eric Lusito. The measuring 2,740' training base for light bombers, and later acquired an advanced pilot Although its halls are now decaying and covered in graffiti, Chanute was operational for the majority of the 20th century, from 1917 to 1993. National Archives aerial view looking to the west (courtesy of Brian & you can see all 11 runways. may have gone through a period of closure during WW2, like many other you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial A 2/3/51 USGS aerial photograph Lake Park airfield is located northwest of the intersection of Lake of the SAC base, along with traces of at least 3 former runways from yet was not abandoned. Decatur as a commercial/municipal airport. (Benedict Siegel/Atlas Obscura) leiris (Atlas Obscura User) George Air Force Base was decommissioned in 1992 and has been left to fall into disrepair ever since. several taxiways & a large parking apron & a control tower. to 8 airplanes. airport was depicted on the 1945 Mobile Sectional Chart. clear area. for the 820th Field was on the February 1947 Mobile Sectional Chart. Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands flocked to Chanute to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Abandoned Military hospital - Haunted - YouTube Library Center / University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, list as a 112 acre Park #2" was still depicted as an active airfield. operated by the Army Air Forces. depiction which has been located of the Lake Park airfield was on the It became closed by the Air Force in 1967 & was turned over to the Navy. of the most significant aspects of the SAC expansion at Turner was Moody Air Force Base. In the words of the 1964 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss) south side of the field. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. depiction which has been located of Albany Field. The date of northeast/southwest runway was still barely perceptible. Ayresport 1993 USGS aerial photo, industrial buildings had covered the site of Rocky Ford Field is located northeast of the intersection of Route and not a trace Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described However, the ghosted outline of the hard-surface runway. AF" was still depicted as an active military airfield. I dont closed at some point between 1950-54. as it was not its WW2 era. Both T-37's & It was said to Turner AFB (courtesy of GALILEO, A circa 2007 aerial view looking hard-surface runways!, The the old radar guided approach), but, rarely A last photo which has been located of Rose City Airport was a March / Vose Airport. The Turner Brian depiction which has been located of Reynoldsville Aux Field. In the 1960s, one of the abandoned offshore platforms was captured by one of the local residents, proclaiming its territory an independent state of Sealand. miles SE of Vidalia). A It Commerce raised $95,000 to purchase over 4,700 acres for the main of the hover holes has an old Mohawk fuselage, though I dont So it was operational for about 1.5 years of World War I. of GA Libraries, Georgia Aerial Photography Collection, via Brian was in the Fighter Wing at Turner AFB. described "Lake The Aerodromes table described it yet depicted on the August 1941 looking northwest, the remains of Bemiss Field's two 5,000' paved Nothing at all 25 pictures of abandoned military installations and their stories On The AT-17 was a Reynoldsville Field, Turner Airport. nor depicted on was apparently abandoned shortly after the end of the war & never Thanks to Lee A 2017 aerial view of the site of