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Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois, about 130 miles (210 km) south of Chicago. Its primary mission throughout its existence was Air Force technical training.
Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois (closed in 1993) Hanna City Air Force Station, Hanna City, Illinois (closed in 1968; now site of an FAA Long Range Radar) Scott Air Force Base, Shiloh, Illinois
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A post office was established in 1856 as Rantoul Station; the name was changed to Rantoul in May 1862. [4] In 1917, Rantoul was chosen by the United States Army to be the site of Chanute Field, [6] due to its proximity to the Illinois Central railroad and the War Department's ground school at the University of Illinois. In the 1930s, Chanute ...
Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri 1959-71 Selfridge AFB, Michigan 1971-93 MacDill AFB, Florida 2008-C-119, C-124, C-130 927th Air Refueling Wing (KC-135) 46th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Chanute AFB, Illinois 1959-67: Inactive (C-124) 47th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, Minnesota 1959-94
Air Training Command got on with the task of consolidating training and in Fiscal Years 1993 and 1994, executed BRAC-directed closures of Chanute AFB, Mather AFB, Williams AFB, and Lowry AFB. However, despite the return to tightened budgets, ATC did not back off from its commitment to fully train personnel to be mission ready upon arrival at ...
Rantoul National Aviation Center covers an area of 1,192 acres (482 ha) and contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 5,001 by 75 ft (1,524 by 23 m) and 18/36 measuring 4,894 by 75 ft (1,492 by 23 m).
Credit Union 1 was established as Chanute Military Credit Union in 1958. The original field of membership was personnel and dependents of Chanute Air Force Base . In 1978 it was announced that Chanute Air Force Base was a candidate for closure.