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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.
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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 ...
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.
Built as a C-133A, not known to have converted to any other configuration. To Chanute Air Force Base Apr 1971 as a training airframe. Transferred to National Museum of the United States Air Force custody Jun 1977, but remained on display at Chanute AFB, and eventually to Chanute Air Museum, IL. When this museum closed, the plane was auctioned ...
Author: AAFCollection.info: Image title: United States Army Air Forces; Short title: Item 000654; Date and time of digitizing: 16:33, 2 January 2015: Software used
The Air Force opened its first firefighting school at Lowry Air Force Base, which moved to Greenville AFB, MS, and, in 1964 to Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois. In 1992, the school was moved finally to Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Texas and was named the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, where it still trains firefighters ...