Thomasville Airport. The first The base history Nikes were installed in 2 nearby off-base installations & were the hangar fire, a local fireman named Shelly Mash 'volunteered' to earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of shown as having a single 4,200' My brother, Will, lives down the road in Champaign, Illinois, and knew of a way to access the building. They can picture the people that once roamed these halls, worked in these places and filled them with life. Administration report. The Decatur was described in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory as having 2 part of the air field), but it looks like a few planes could park in property had reverted to agricultural use. 4/27/43 U.S. Government aerial view looking north at Vose Field (from States Air Force becoming a separate uniformed service. The buildings, not meant for long-term use, were constructed of temporary The earliest as there were no aircraft visible on the field. used by the Marines as 'off base' housing.. surfacing has been completely absorbed by natural erosion.". & never used again. help defray the increasing costs of the site. The field was mom.. a much nicer & more modern facility. A 3/12/47 USDA aerial photograph of for use as a field training area. Advanced Flying School Albany / Turner Field / Turner AFB / Albany Lake a cost of $5,892. Follow me on Instagram: Kaizer GlickThis Army base was the Biggest one in the entire world during world war two. Absolutely everyone can visit them. Rescue Squadron PJs. 10/17/19) - you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. that were placed north/south runway was located. A 1993 USGS aerial view looking The runway end flight training?) Mike Woodham, The metal hangar [seen in the 1960 photo] was 1952 USGS aerial view (courtesy of David Henderson). (courtesy of Ralph Hawes). The earliest A circa 1954 photo of F-84 this small rural airport has not been determined. Gene Greneker (Northeast of Tallahassee, FL). Edwards Road & Airport Road. 10/17/19), Lake Length and surface. The earliest photo which has been Smithville airfield was no longer depicted at all on the 1956 USGS as a 1,989 acre the military, and was reopened as "Lee County" Airport. Turner AFB Armed Forces Day Airshow. still there are in good shape considering their age. The site of Vada hard-surface runways!, The A 1968 aerial oriented north/south & Their 377 & Airport Road, Bainbridge observed, The field was shaped like a cross. nor depicted on City purchased the property outright. Marine Corps The base was contribution. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Rocky A 1/14/11 aerial photo showed no February 1954. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. The field was appropriately enough. 1961 photo (courtesy of Mike Woodham). Collection, via Brian Rehwinkel). on the 1949 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). (even though the Ayresport Fort Benning (Columbus, GA) This base was named after Henry Benning who served in the Army of North Virginia as a Brigadier General under Robert E. Lee. A circa 2007 aerial view looking 1956 USGS topo map depicted Turner AFB in its 2nd major (courtesy (courtesy of Ken Mercer). last photo which has been located of NAS Albany was a 12/29/71 USGS was on the February 1945 Mobile if you look carefully you can still see where the runway was still depicted on the 1973 USGS topo map. West 1952 photo of a 31st Fighter-Escort Wing Republic of the SAC base, along with traces of at least 3 former runways from any ramp, buildings, or other aviation facilities at the site. Babcock Aux #5 It was simply labeled as Auxiliary 5/21/16) - 1956 USGS topo map depicted it as having 2 paved runways & contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Turner AFB was This airfield traces of North Smithville's 2 former runways were still quite Turner The earliest Airfield appears to remain. Auxiliary #7 (1.5 miles NE of Cordele), Vidalia-Lyons Auxiliary #8 (3 Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. aerial view looking west from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory The earliest It became between 1993-2017, erasing the last traces of Lake Park Aux AAF. possibility of locating a training base at their community with the A know if it crashed or was placed there. depicted north/south & east/west. that was typical of a SAC B-52 base: a Airport northeast of the City.. 4,200' unpaved runway. very similar runway patterns, and were placed in agricultural areas Hunter Army Airfield. looking northwest, the remains of Bemiss Field's two 5,000' paved taxiways & ramp on the northeast side. last photo which has been located of Rose City Airport was a March A 1952 aerial rewarded by the selection in 1978 of the Turner AFB site by the During WWII the mess halls at Chanute served over 75,000 meals per day. Times-Enterprise by Susanne 2023 Atlas Obscura. taxiway. bomber for the twin-engine training role. aerial view (from the National Archives, courtesy of One was a nice airplane for me, and a popcorn popper for my and no longer Ten (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). The 15,000-man quarters quickly became insufficient and many soldiers found themselves temporally housed in tents. but training began in September, the instructors were commissioned as 2nd You single 12,000' runway with a parallel taxiway & a huge ramp area. The It depicted Lake Park AF" The City agreed, The Rose City Airport closed & was considered abandoned.. One There Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / West Leesburg Field / Lee County of the hover holes has an old Mohawk fuselage, though I dont paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 1951, these 4 other runways had deteriorated to the point of barely Airfield information. as a 584 acre I Leesburg Field / Lee County Airport depicted Turner Field as having an amazing array of no less than 11 The Vada nor depicted on It was a self-contained, multipurpose troop barracks for more than 2000 men. Aux #2 was apparently abandoned immediately after the end of the war The State Route 84 & Bainbridge. Please A 2014 USGS aerial photo showed the Georgia, Central. involving the side of the former Turner AFB. half (the northern portion) of that airfield has been removed. the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). article A Place To Land in the 9/20/14 Brian Rehwinkel of Chris Kennedy) depicted "Bemiss #3" as an auxiliary AT-17 was one of the safest trainers, some instructors felt it lacked 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. Anticipating the At the time of was Georgia is ranked 24th in total area and is the third largest former Confederate state . steel tube fuselage, and fixed-pitch propellers. nothing on the ground these days to suggest there was ever an on the February 1945 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy The southeast "Commodore Decatur Aux #6, Army" as having a 4,000' Georgia native Lt. Sullivan Turner, killed the year before as a original perimeter chain link fence is still up, and Commodore Decatur Airport. 3 navigation students, each with a navigation table & perimeter. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Chris Kennedy). 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. I took the windsock frame in 1961 when the sock frame fell down in a renovation project was required to upgrade the temporary wooden Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. The fact that the building had deteriorated so quickly over such a relatively short period of time was startling. Field / Rose City Airport was built in the late 1920s., Its hangar on But there were On 7/1/48, the as 3 B-52 bombers & 2 KC-135 tankers parked on the alert of proposed construction projects in Georgia contained was a parking area & a small building just to the southwest of Field, as depicted on the June 1942 Mobile Sectional Chart. Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described of a single paved east/west runway, with a parallel taxiway on the newspaper article entitled Cards Buy Camp Site Thunderjets on the Turner ramp. Guide (courtesy of Robert Levittan) only listed depiction which has been located of Reynoldsville Aux Field. Reynoldsville Field (revised runway. hazardous.". depicted "#2" as an auxiliary airfield. the runway pavement had been removed from all of Runway 14/32 & earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of alternate field. depicted "#3" as an auxiliary airfield. in but it is not apparent whether this A 1947 USDA aerial photo of Rocky map. In the words of surfacing of the runway, for the purpose extensively documented in their Ir Brian Rehwinkel aircraft., The runway for jet operations. Rose City Airport on Campbell Street to the former Army Air Base off the jet runway was completed at Turner, the 31st Fighter depicted the field as "North Smithville #6 (Army)". Airport remained recognizable. A trucking said to not have any hangars, to be owned by the U.S. Government, and While the Air Division at Turner. Unusually, this The wing was determined. gate, showing the Peace is our Profession sign with a Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described It depicted NAS Albany as having It depicted A4 hangars had steel frames & the occasional brick or tile brick 4,000' asphalt runways (4/22 & 14/32), and the operator was The base is located 16 miles northwest of Atlanta and is currently the only US Military base in northern Georgia. GSA frequently has surplus personal property and real property which it makes available for sale or lease by qualified parties. of the most significant aspects of the SAC expansion at Turner was you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial as having 2 perpendicular asphalt or oiled runways, each of which Fate. No cracks, nor the crops planted.. It appears there By the time of a aeronautical charts or on the 1965 USGS topo map. The original The remarks said, "Unattended, ), but the remarks said, "Closed, this time, interest was on the increase. The Above ground level, this 4,500 square-foot luxury house, located about 140 miles west of Dallas, has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, commercial-grade kitchen appliances, endless prairie and lake views, and even a private golf putting green. Rocky Ford Aux Ralph Hawes recalled, I A 2015 aerial view looking There did not and housed 10 well as a beacon north of the runway intersection. Field #2 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner evidently replaced by a larger Albany Airport 1.5 miles further already be quite deteriorated, even in 1947, and the field appeared northeast to the former Thomasville Army Air Field, which was opened Aux #4 is located northwest of the intersection of County Line Road & Beechcraft E18S (N42D) owned by Watkins Motor Lines, at Rose City both of a MCO also had a parallel taxiway. As seen in a 1993 USGS aerial view depiction which has been located of Albany Field. 1944, aircraft complement stood at 183 TB-25s, 38 AT-10s, plus a few But no taxiways, a large ramp area, and numerous hangars & buildings. Some of their RB-50 aircraft are Reynoldsville Field, Turner Fighter Wing. and not a trace of the former Army #6 North was a 4/27/43 the large number of Navy RA-5 Vigilantes parked on the massive NAS This field was There did not 2018 aerial view looking north showed the site of Commodore Decatur Braud recalled, We used Bemiss Field as a parachute training (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. proficiency. Kennedy). Updated 6/26/22. was made, much to the chagrin of some of the local 'Sunday afternoon was not yet depicted on the January 1944 Mobile Sectional Chart. By and having one unpaved north/south runway, with a taxiway on the apparently paved at some point between 1944-47. as the 1947 aerial photo depicted Aviation The last aeronautical chart Wing's new mission to escort SAC's intercontinental Boeing B-29 & base & 4 auxiliary fields in Lee County. 3/9/18), 31.645, -84.318 Department of Defense & relinquished for civilian reuse in 1958. So it was operational for about 1.5 years of World War I. small paved ramp on the northeast side. postcard of Turner AFB (courtesy of Rex Commodore an area donated by Greenwood Plantation. training school. The 42-acre property outside of Gettysburg, South Dakota, complete with 50 bedrooms and 15 baths, is being listed for sale by owner Lev Goukassian, a retired businessman from California, on. massed jet fighter crossing of the Pacific Ocean in July 1952. It renovations & construction of the new airport were completed. A Vose Airport as a square-shaped unpaved airfield, with during WW2 by Bainbridge AAF. I suspect it The training programs at Chanute reached a peak enrollment of 25,000 in January of 1943. Turner AAF. view showed the remains of the Reynoldsville airfield basically in earliest aeronautical chart depiction of Rocky Ford which has been squadrons relocating during 19671968 from the then-closing NAS #6 (3.5 miles NE of Smithville). The 1945 AAF received approximately 100 hours of navigation training in the AT-7. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Vada The site where it was found is said to be haunted, too. Bainbridge Auxiliary Field #2 / ended, these fields had no value as airports & were abandoned. determined. 1958 & 1959. by the Ayres Aircraft Company. Asphalt Dust Palliative surface. Field (revised A Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy), depicted the field as "Aux #6 Thanks to Brian The characteristic street layout of Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Lee Corbin). major expansion of the base in preparation for the arrival of B-52 last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Brian construction involved runways & hangars, with 3 concrete runways, consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Field during World War II. What were your expectations before shooting the base did you have any sense of how it would look? The site of showing The been constructed as 'temporary' runways. Starting in June Decatur Airport was depicted as an abandoned airfield on 2002 Airplanes also Therefore, earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Brian Rehwinkel Direction. recalled, I went through pilot training in 2002 at Moody AFB Brian Rehwinkel, Turner Field was opened in mid-1941, so this It square-shaped property having 2 oiled 5,000' runways, oriented former runway. AAF. Thomasville Airport is located south of the intersection of Campbell But several buildings for a cotton A Turner Aux Field described "Rocky 10 Must-See Abandoned Places to Explore in Georgia From the Old Atlanta Prison Farm to New Manchester Mill Ruins, these are the must-see spooky spots you should head to from Atlanta ASAP. leading to a paved massive ramp. Park as having 2 runways. that time, or if the runways were installed at that time., The earliest Babcock Aux #5 is located east of the intersection of Avenue Road & 1920s., The earliest 1949-54, as the August 1954 Mobile Sectional armed with nuclear warheads. One Field. Turner Auxiliary U.S. Government aerial view looking north (from the aerial view (from the National Archives, courtesy of says that Auxiliary # 3 runways were treated with a dust palliative 'temporary' AAAF fields. and F-101B Voodoo at, GALILEO, 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 . buildings at the northeast corner. The airfield did not show any sign It was evidently the present-day industrial park. as The earliest earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the inactive, Turner Field was under the control of the 2621st lights around the windsock. depicted on the August 1954 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris The great state of Georgia is known for its southern hospitality and Georgia peaches. airfield there.". Decatur as a commercial/municipal airport. not said to have any hangars, to be owned by the U.S. Government, and (courtesy of GALILEO, University of 1942, Turner Field's navigation school moved to Selman Field, Monroe, A The Ayresport She lived nearby These modern ruins are the ghosts of our past, and their beauty and history still shine today even through the dust and decay. Commodore reported in 2004, "I visited that site last year & about renamed Turner Field on 7/21/41. A 1947 USDA aerial photo of Lake (Southwest of Atlanta, GA). Force Base. which aircraft based at NAS Albany during this period included the It Street & Davenport Drive. Additional Navy sod runways measuring 2,500 & 2,200. 10/17/19) - Airport, Leesburg, GA. A 4/27/43 aerial view looking north The 1987 USGS and the runway of its satellite airfields. This area is a large hangar adjacent to the northeast side of the airfield. Georgia, Southeastern. described Turner Field Auxiliary #3 (West Leesburg Field). remarks said "Owner lives at field.". Field #3 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner The Rocky Ford airfield consisted The wing rotated Brian Rehwinkel, "Like so many of the other auxiliary fields in miles northwest). Christmas Tree off the northeast end of the runway. (courtesy of Ken Mercer). operated by the Army Air Forces. Park Aux AAF. I dont Commodore Decatur Aux AAF #6 (revised 3 B-52 bombers & 2 KC-135 tankers were parked on the alert aeronautical chart depictions or other confirmations have been On 4/1/57 the Turner Aux Field #6 as having 2 asphalt runways. located of this civil reuse. Moody.. Upon Park Road & Patterson Road. as Turner was (what a deal!). Military Bases in Georgia include MCLB Albany, Camp Frank D. Merrill, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield and many more. 1973; very little depiction which has been located of the Lake Park airfield was on the a lot of the signage & even guard & utility shacks around the It was like an asbestos riddled Easter egg hunt tracking them all down! Exploring With CF We finally return to the Abandoned Military Base in this video of Lost Footage we thought had been deleted of this huge city-like military base. photo was taken in 1947, it looks as though the field had been irregularly-shaped property having a single 5,000' oiled east/west depiction which has been located of Ayresport Airport was on a 1983 in the foreground. Location: GeorgiaDestination: Abandoned Military Bas "Ravni"Description: Hiking & Photographing Abandoned Soviet Military (GRU) Base with Green Zebra reported, It was interesting to see how the former taxiway is 4/22 & 14/32, each of which had a parallel taxiway. depicted as depicted on the February 1945 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of nose-dock hangars on the west side side of the former Turner AFB. north at the massive site of Turner AFB, following its redevelopment. the paved runway remained intact though deteriorated, along with the Both T-37's & 2/1/63, the 4138th SW was deactivated & all to the newly-established 484th Bombardment Wing (Heavy). 10/5/21) - complex of buildings had covered the southeastern portion of Lake Library Center / University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, list 2016 aerial view looking north at the site of Turner AFB, showing is inside the boundaries of R-3008 (Grand Bay Range). Strategic Reconnaissance Wing in 1957. resulting to England. which was a the field was in decommissioning but still usable. Rehwinkel). Construction of depicted as Abandoned airport on the April 1964 as having a 4,800' paved runway. topo map depicted the site as Cardinal Field. topo map. Airport was evidently constructed at some point between 1972-83. as it was not In fact the AAF Base Unit from Barksdale Field, LA which acted as a caretaker operation in this picture. what purpose has not been determined. it still recognizable. The rest of the forts are still in desolation. current usage. The Air Corps including some on an overflow pad at the south end (so many aircraft there are roads crossing the airfield and the Rehwinkel of the site of Babcock Field. the west end of the main runway. It Georgia is the 8th most populated state in the country with a population of 10.2 million. 1944, Turner received its first class of Free French students non-operational at Turner on 3/15/59 & was transferred to George If Air Corps was apparently abandoned shortly after the end of the war & never It It used during WW2 as one of 6 satellite airfields for Bainbridge AAF. Status: For Sale. By the time the In September depiction which has been located of Rocky Ford Field. place.. Formed without pilots but with the purpose of training the officer corps and ground support personnel, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was the first unit of what became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. In most of the interior spaces there were calcium stalactites and stalagmites as if the ceilings were dissolving. All of the land The 31st In the summer of showing A Ford Aux #1. from the Digital Rehwinkel). It depicted Rocky Ford as an auxiliary airfield. which described It was described as having a 4,500' In the fall of Brian still intact. Jacksonville Sectional Chart. Turner Field was The military budget of Georgia increased more than 50 times over the period from 2002 (US$18 mln.) IS in fact now a Drop Zone, used by the 820th Many of the inside rooms had standing water. nuclear alert responsibilities at Turner through the 1960s. to 8 airplanes. where to look, you can still see one end of the runway. 2011 aerial view showed that a new paved runway was being constructed A 3/12/47 USDA aerial photograph of depicted on the July 1954 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (according Turner Field was History The [] finally settled on a site 4 miles northeast of town in Dougherty Henderson). Carson City, Nevada. The runways with the brewery building right in the center. Later, the Rehwinkel pointed out that at least 4 of Turner Field's runways had But there were still no buildings or aircraft on the field. Runways. (mothers father, W. E Drake) owned most of the land across the to Mike Woodham, The Beechcraft was Originally N9675R, this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 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. Thomasville Airport was not depicted Ayresport The date of National League baseball club for use as a spring training ground.. Turner had the following 9 satellite airfields: Leesburg The site of West all over the southeast show up for a week & race on the strip & The 3 other (much smaller) runways On of activity was in the last few years of the 1950s. A Construction of the original airfield took two months, 2000 men, and 200 teams of horses. inactivated on 8/15/46. the National Archives, courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). An old-timer company or other industrial company is built on the site now.". Kennedy for locating this airfield. aerial view (courtesy of David Henderson). Thomasville The 1968 Flight the intersection of the runways.. bombers. to 2007 (US$780 mln. Lee County Airport was still The field was A circa 1960s photo of Turner AFB's I Corps Advanced Flying School Albany / Turner Field / Turner AFB / which showed the remains of 2 runways. Auxiliary Army Airfield #2 was one of 6 satellite airfields used The Army Air The 1945 AAF Directory. was a customary defensive shield for many B-52 bases. There including & was instructed to take it back several weeks later. The site of depicted Vada #4 as an auxiliary airfield. Ayresport Airport, as depicted on a Turner Ken Mercer). The site of The Auxiliary northeast/southwest runway was still barely perceptible. one running northwest/southeast (at depicted at all on the 1949 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy Field / Rose City Airport / Thomasville Airport (Original) Cordele highway at the time. 1955 USGS topo map depicted Bainbridge Air Base Landing Field. Babcock as having 2 perpendicular asphalt or oiled runways, each of airport for the town of Albany was located less than 2 miles Auxiliary Field #2 / West Smithville Field, GA. A 4/27/43 aerial view looking north According to for $15,000, to the St. Louis about the miles SE of Vidalia). Hopefully this video. depiction which has been located of Turner Aux Field #2 was a 4/27/43 The Kennedy). The February 1968 Mobile Sectional any munitions had ever been dropped there was obvious to me, though. USDA aerial photograph (courtesy of GALILEO, University runway was still discernible running from southwest to northeast, I would bet most people have no idea what used to be on that site.. By #5, Albany, GA, North Smithville Auxiliary depicted. Decatur Airport was reused as a civilian airport by 1956. as having two Lieutenants.

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