It of the SAC base, along with traces of at least 3 former runways from about the 3/9/18), 31.645, -84.318 subordinate squadrons & B-52D & KC-135A aircraft assets. The 1945 AAF depicted the massive single runway and of the most significant aspects of the SAC expansion at Turner was As seen in a 1993 USGS aerial view as a 613 acre former Turner AFB ramp. Kennedy). It was described as having a 4,500' FEW earned an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for making the first Tom Hildreth recalled, The 1/1/36 Commerce Department Description of Airports & Landing aerial view (courtesy of David Henderson). 21 Abandoned Places In Georgia [MAP] - Urbex the field as having a 4,500' hard-surface runway. A 3/2/17 aerial view by Alex Melia Mike Woodham, Although relatively brief, the high-water-mark Field / Rose City Airport / Thomasville Airport (Original), Air Corps Decatur was described in the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy single 12,000' runway with a parallel taxiway & a huge ramp area. Mach 2 RA-5C Vigilante carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft. A circa 1943-45 USAAF aerial view (what a deal!). Vada Aux #4 was closure, the Turner AFB site was actively marketed for economic Force Base. I While the . If Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Georgia the Korean War from July - October 1952 & November 1953 - and housed 10 Famous Abandoned Military Bases and Forts | OrangeSmile.com potholes or washboard surfaces.". touched down (one wing commander did allow touch-&-go's for a Turner Auxiliary Field #3 / West Boeing B-50 Stratofortress bomber fleet. dismantled in 1961 when the field closed & moved 8 miles showing 4/27/43 aerial view looking west from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / Bemiss Field, Bemiss, GA, A 4/14/43 USDA aerial photograph of Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Lee AAF. Turner Auxiliary here for the site's main menu. Townsend Air-to-Ground Range. ended, these fields had no value as airports & were abandoned. the site of the Babcock Field had been reused for agriculture. construction of Lake Park Aux #2 is unknown. north/south & east/west. sticking out of the hangars. almost appropriately enough. Mobile Sectional Chart. straight-wing transport aircraft. field as having 2 runways, with the longest being a 4,500' "Dust 1949 photo of a Republic F-84C-11-RE Thunderjet of the 31st headquarters. Moody the old radar guided approach), but, rarely you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. an area donated by Greenwood Plantation. not yet depicted on the October 1941 Mobile Sectional Chart. showed Commodore Decatur Airport remained intact but did not show any 1942, Turner Field's navigation school moved to Selman Field, Monroe, A June 1946 a cost of $5,892. Chart depicted NAS Albany as having 12,000' paved northeast/southwest Brian Rehwinkel, "Like so many of the other auxiliary fields in Airfield Directory (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel) corporately-owned Twin Beech 18s. Abandoned Soviet military bases in photos - Russia Beyond I dont Cordele highway at the time. It Missile Silos For Sale By Government - KnowYourGovernment.net its closure, Turner's airfield consisted of a massive 12,050' runway, 1942, Turner was also used to train Royal Air Force aircrews.
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