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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.
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 ...
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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).
The health district is also providing COVID-19 vaccines during its regular children vaccine clinics every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon by appointment. Adults can schedule their appointment for ...
First flight 21 July 1948. Test flown at Edwards Air Force Base. In 1954, 46-65 was scrapped, making 46-66 the oldest B-47 in existence, and the only surviving XB-47. Formerly displayed at the Chanute Air Museum, IL. When this museum closed, the aircraft was sent to Edwards Air Force Base, to the Air Force Flight Test Museum in 2016. Awaiting ...
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.
Chanute High School; Octave Chanute (1832–1910), American civil engineer and aviation pioneer; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, United States; Octave Chanute Award, awarded by the Western Society of Engineers since 1901; Chanute Flight Award, awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (between 1939 and 2005) Chanute ...