Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, (Closed 1974) Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base , Thailand, (Closed 1976) ** Note: Although active USAF use at U-Tapao ended in 1976, USAF and other DoD personnel have been temporarily deployed to the base for contingency operations in South Asia in the years since.
One of these endeavors was the now-closed Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, which detailed the history of Chanute Air Force Base and of aviation in general, and included a replica of Chanute's 1896 glider. The location of the base is now the Chanute Field Historic District, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
What links here; Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; Page information; Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code
Renamed Chanute Air Force Base after World War II, it was closed in 1993, but was partly reoccupied by the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, which was permanently closed on December 30, 2015, and the Rantoul National Aviation Center. Rantoul's economy has taken a sharp decline due to the base's closing, from which it has never recovered.
Frank Worth Elliott Jr. (December 2, 1924 – October 20, 1997) [1] was a major general in the United States Air Force.General Elliott served in World War II as the captain of a B-24 Liberator, commander of the 14th Strategic Aerospace Division, and commander of Chanute Air Force Base [2] in Rantoul, Illinois.
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware 1969-73 McGuire AFB, NJ 1973-1994: Inactive, redesignated 714th AES (C-124, C-141) 73d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Tinker Air Force Base, OK 1970-72 Scott AFB, IL 1972-94: Inactive - redesignated 932d AES (C-124, C-9A) 74th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Westover Air Reserve Base, MA 1974-94