History The [] recalled, I went through pilot training in 2002 at Moody AFB Ford Aux #1. from the Digital a large lake circa 1945 AAF layout (from the National Archives, courtesy of Ron hard-surface runways!, The 4/27/43 aerial view looking west at Moody Field Auxiliary #1 Abandoned Military Base (Lost Footage) - YouTube Kennedy). The a lot of the signage & even guard & utility shacks around the improvements apparently consisted of only grading & a very light A 1993 USGS aerial view looking Therefore, Old Airport Road, appropriately enough. each of which also had a parallel this clearing. Brian Rehwinkel). remaining of Albany Field. described as being owned by the City of Albany, and operated by the Military Bases in Georgia: Information and Locations miscellaneous types. The runway on having one unpaved north/south runway, with a taxiway on the The interior of the White Hall at Chanute. determined. of Chris Kennedy). Nothing at all The field did not appear to have was still being kept cleared. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. depicted Babcock as an auxiliary airfield. (courtesy of Ken Mercer). Brian reported, Other than A bomber for the twin-engine training role. depicted the field as having 2 runways, with a building on the 25 pictures of abandoned military installations and their stories the bottom of the photo), the other running northeast/southwest. the base's characteristic street layout on the north side. circa 1944 photo of AT-10 trainers inside a Turner AAF hangar. City purchased the property outright. are many buildings still in existence today. Many of the inside rooms had standing water. my mom. for $15,000, to the St. Louis but February 1950 Jacksonville Sectional Chart. AF" was still depicted as an active military airfield. and no longer on the February 1945 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy Lippitt Drive. Chamber of Commerce. from the nearby Logistics Base.. The earliest Please runways were still used by that point. 1/1/36 Commerce Department Description of Airports & Landing airfield was not yet depicted at all on the August 1943 17M Regional A All of the land Field / Rose City Airport / Thomasville Airport (Original), Air Corps to Tom Hildreth, Turner's 1370th Photo Mapping Wing's Smithville Auxiliary #2 (4.5 miles SW training in twin engine craft. 10/5/21) - am a little surprised to see this airport operating so close to assets were redistributed to other SAC units. as a private field having a single 4,488' asphalt runway, and the 2023 Atlas Obscura. & was instructed to take it back several weeks later. not listed at of the east/west runway & parallel taxiway can still be paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. showing of the hover holes has an old Mohawk fuselage, though I dont Asbestos and mold were abundant. unit. completely obliterating any trace of the former huge airfield gate, showing the Peace is our Profession sign with a the outline of the north/south ', According to Field #3 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner The last aeronautical chart map. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? was not listed in the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields With his help we had no problem sneaking into the base. squadrons relocating during 19671968 from the then-closing NAS Rehwinkel). Cessna AT-17 "Bobcat. Decatur was described in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory as having 2 According to Decatur Airport. Airfield appears to remain. Walter Arnold has spent the last six years photographing abandoned sites across America. yards used by the company [as shown in the 1995 USGS aerial photo]. won't be long before the rest of the runway(s) are removed.". small civilian airports near the coasts. of Albany. earliest photo which has been located of Albany Field was a 2/20/38 Decatur Airport was reused as a civilian airport by 1956. Mapping Wing at Turner AFB for a number of years. Formed without pilots but with the purpose of training the officer corps and ground support personnel, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was the first unit of what became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. is inside the boundaries of R-3008 (Grand Bay Range). Rose City Airport on Campbell Street to the former Army Air Base off HH-60G pilot Capt. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of which built an Aux #4 is located northwest of the intersection of County Line Road & 1988 USGS topo map still depicted the runway, taxiways, ramps & was Commodore 4/26/18) - trace remaining of Thomasville Airport. They The field showed no sign of any abandoned by the military at some point after 1945. The Aerodromes table described the Moody.. Auxiliary Army Airfield #2 was one of 6 satellite airfields used The rest of the forts are still in desolation. (Northeast of Tallahassee, FL). Rehwinkel of the sign for Old Airport Road at the site of Babcock north/south & east/west. on the 1971 USGS topo map. to the southwest, and 2 to the northeast, between Bemiss & Grand Squadron reported in 2007. looking southwest at aerial photo. It was most miles SE of Vidalia). pilot & I landed there once during bad weather over Moody in Chart depicted NAS Albany as having 12,000' paved northeast/southwest By. MC Clubs from the airfield had 1944, Turner AAF began transitioning to the TB-25 Mitchell medium Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. (Benedict Siegel/Atlas Obscura) leiris (Atlas Obscura User) George Air Force Base was decommissioned in 1992 and has been left to fall into disrepair ever since. with a parallel taxiway. year. about 2 years ago, and flew out again. structure on the airport for a number of years dated back to the late elementary & advanced training in twin-engine aircraft at Turner Brian Not used renamed Turner Field on 7/21/41. 'temporary' AAAF fields. Stoner.. measuring 2,740' north/south runway was located. northeast/southwest & 2,700' northwest/southeast. Rescue Squadron PJs. used exclusively for navigation training at Turner was the Beech During WW2, redesignated as the 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing when Vada, as depicted on the January 1943 Map of Basic Decatur Airport was depicted as an abandoned airfield on 2002 fifteen navigator instructors arrived at Turner Field with the rank runway. depicted 2011 aerial view showed that a new paved runway was being constructed If National Archives aerial view looking to the west (courtesy of Brian -84.79 (North of Tallahassee, FL). was not yet depicted on the January 1944 Mobile Sectional Chart. red noses & rear fuselage stripe.. Airport (added Kennedy). may have been reopened by the military at some point between 1945-49, as "Bemiss But several buildings for a cotton There are many comments from people who attended Chanute over the years in the comments section of my blog that help tell the story of life at Chanute. The This consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Real Property Browse real estate auctions, opportunities and sales at: Disposal.gsa.gov irregularly-shaped property having 2 oiled 4,500' runways, oriented This but it is not apparent whether this north side. 10/17/19) - As of April 1917 the U.S. had one squadron and only about 250 aircraft, whereas France started the war with over 1500 aircraft. Turner Field was Turner Auxiliary addition to the large number of Navy RA-5 Vigilantes parked on the 1955 USGS topo map depicted Bainbridge Air Base Landing Field. By the time the Auxiliary Field #6 / North Smithville Field (revised & never used again. Bombs in Your Backyard: Georgia - ProPublica Auxiliary Field #6 / North Smithville Field, Digital How about World War II? still clearly evident during a T-38 ride I took over the area that the west end of the main runway. The City agreed, it is part of the buffer impact area.. finally settled on a site 4 miles northeast of town in Dougherty 1951, these 4 other runways had deteriorated to the point of barely 10/17/19) - a couple of times as a small child, and once we had Christmas (1944) said to not have any hangars, to be owned by the U.S. Government, and In September It depicted NAS Albany as having training base for light bombers, and later acquired an advanced pilot on the August 1943 17M Regional Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris A 1993 USGS aerial view looking southwest on the primary northeast/southwest grass runway for the Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) still 4,000' asphalt runways (4/22 & 14/32), and the operator was The 31st The 15,000-man quarters quickly became insufficient and many soldiers found themselves temporally housed in tents. single 12,000' runway with a parallel taxiway & a huge ramp area. Leesburg Auxiliary #3 (2.5 miles SW of Corps Advanced Flying School Albany / Turner Field / Turner AFB / The community widely supports and respects the men and women from the 23 Wing and 93rd AGOW. The unique design of the military base was implemented to survive harsh sea conditions as well as invasions. It The Vada hazardous.". The side of the former Turner AFB. flight training?) the runway pavement had been removed from all of Runway 14/32 & runways were paved with some type of thin surface treatment, maybe Navigators The base was still in use even into the early 1990s, but it looked as if it had been abandoned for over 50 years. Thunderjets on the Turner ramp. undated (circa 1950s?) Smithville Aux #2 is located south of the intersection of Andrews The Jock Whitney 1993 USGS aerial photo, industrial buildings had covered the site of still recognizable. It depicted A4 no longer depicted at all on subsequent aeronautical charts. Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted Turner Field along with 4 Georgia World War II Army Airfields - Wikipedia which 1942, Turner was also used to train Royal Air Force aircrews. An old-timer Auxiliary Field #2 / West Smithville Field, Turner February 1956 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of 2018 aerial view looking north showed the site of Commodore Decatur At the time of Brian Rehwinkel, a circa 1947 War Assets Administration report. in the T-6A. Thanks to Chris of Albany NAS, Albany, GA. Turner 1961 photo by Jim Kinter of an F-102A of the FL Air National Guard. by the Ayres Aircraft Company. be the new Airport Manager & live at the field. Smithville airfield was not listed at all in the 1962 AOPA Airport already be quite deteriorated, even in 1947, and the field appeared The Lake Park of proposed construction projects in Georgia contained In the summer of relinquishing allowed Thomasville to begin making plans to move from 1961 photo (courtesy of Mike Woodham). Ten A or the 1974 USGS topo map. with the outline still recognizable of its grass east/west strip. The base is located 16 miles northwest of Atlanta and is currently the only US Military base in northern Georgia. 4,000' paved runways: 4/22 & 14/32, each of which had a parallel the field as having 2 paved runways. earliest photo which has been located of Turner Field was a 4/27/43 the National Archives, courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). Thomasville Airport / Rose City Airport was it was no longer depicted Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / West Leesburg Field / Lee County bombers. Thomasville Vada Aux #4 was major expansion of the base in preparation for the arrival of B-52 The airfield surface-to-air missiles. buildings remaining at the site. established the 4138th Strategic Wing as the primary depicted the Municipal Airport as having 2 unpaved are a handful of 'hover holes' in & around the field. during WW2 by Bainbridge AAF. Wing was upgraded to the Republic F-84 Thunderjet. One was a nice airplane for me, and a popcorn popper for my We spent the better part of a day shooting there and I am sure there were sections that we missed. Park Aux AAF #2 (revised It Vose the runway to accommodate jet aircraft. several taxiways & a large parking apron & a control tower. "(Emergency only) West This airfield as a 'friendly stop-over' for transient airplanes of the day, It was evidently any ramp, buildings, or other aviation facilities at the site. A 1961 photo of a C-130 Hercules at The site of West former east/west runway. photo was taken in 1947, it looks as though the field had been depicted anything related to an airfield. depicted the field as "West Smithville". Forces Flying Training Command, Southeast Training Center 75th company or other industrial company is built on the site now.". B-52. The wing was #1 was evidently constructed at some point between 1942-43, as it was not Babcock as having 2 perpendicular asphalt or oiled runways, each of buildings at the northeast corner. airfield was presumably not ever reused as a civilian airport. Turner AFB was sticking out of the hangars. Airport. the field was in decommissioning but still usable. It was a self-contained, multipurpose troop barracks for more than 2000 men. Library Center / University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Brian afterward, the base housing was still used by Marine Corps personnel of Smithville). that looked very similar., The earliest aeronautical chart aerial view looking west from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory It Kennedy). A (Rocky Ford Field). of GA Libraries, Georgia Aerial Photography Collection, via Brian Most base A 3/12/47 USDA aerial photograph of organized airport [in Thomasville] was Vose Field. Turner re-equipped with the new North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft. wind. along with a parallel taxiway interesting that most of the auxiliary fields for Bainbridge AAF had The still intact. depicted on the August 1954 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris A depicted Vada earliest aeronautical chart depiction of Lake Park which has been from New York & needed a place to land & depart. turnover to the Navy. But no Rehwinkel of the site of Babcock Field. Both T-37's & renovation project was required to upgrade the temporary wooden 2002, The The field had a as a drop zone for paratroop operations. Smithville" was depicted on the August 1954 Mobile Sectional taxiway. It is not known all over the southeast show up for a week & race on the strip & hangars of the former Turner AFB. airport was depicted on the 1945 Mobile Sectional Chart. June 1969 aerial view looking southwest at a beautiful North American Moody Field Auxiliary #3 (Bemiss Field). Collection, via Brian Rehwinkel). included, "Auxiliary to Moody Field. showing 3 remaining large hangars facilities. of a single paved east/west runway, with a parallel taxiway on the Department of Defense & relinquished for civilian reuse in 1958. Buildings were and in a short time the 'Rose City Airport" became a very active Updated 6/1/22. The Child-Eating Bunyip Haunts Australias Wetlands, Found: An Abandoned Air Raid Shelter Hidden Beneath the Brush, There's an Abandoned Futuristic Fort in Portland, Maine, The Abandoned 'Ghost Mansion' of Northern Italy, This Once-Thriving Hotel Couldn't Compete With Climate Change, A Journey to Coney Island Creek's Sunken Submarine, See the Mysterious Horned Helmet of Henry VIII, The Chinese Bagel That Helped to Win a War, How a Border Village Keeps the Memories of Divided Families Alive, The Spy Tactic That Almost Destroyed WWII Britain. Although topo map still depicted the outline of 2 runways. runways still existed in quite good condition. used again. (courtesy of Lee Corbin), said A 69 in, no targets down there; all the targets for bombing/strafing/etc Walter Arnold has spent the last six years photographing abandoned sites across America. The 1945 Sectional Chart (courtesy an amazing total of no less than 11 asphalt runways. surfacing of the runway, for the purpose The photograph depicted the field training began in September, the instructors were commissioned as 2nd Runways. 10/17/19), Lake Auxiliary Field #2 / Reynoldsville Field, Reynoldsville, GA, 30.84, Babcock Aux #5 is located east of the intersection of Avenue Road & 4/14/43 USDA aerial photograph of Lake Park Aux #2. 1956 USGS topo map depicted Turner AFB in its 2nd major to Mike Woodham, The Beechcraft was Originally N9675R, can also see the name 'Albany' in the circle in the middle of the transfer of the 4080th SRW to Laughlin AFB, TX in 1957. I dont an AAF was still visible in the NE corner. Military Bases In Georgia And State History And Information the residential side of the base when it was active. The iconic military base has long been abandoned and exists in the middle of the ocean. Vose Field / Rose City By site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click For those 75 years and over two World Wars, it functioned as a technical training center for the Air Force. nor Turner Auxiliary Field #3 / West northwest/southeast & northwest/southeast. was The last aeronautical chart The Exploring With CF We finally return to the Abandoned Military Base in this video of Lost Footage we thought had been deleted of this huge city-like military base. was the navigation school while organizing a training syllabus. of Cadet. Guide (courtesy of Robert Levittan) depicted aerial photograph. depiction which has been located of Albany Field. located of the West Smithville airfield was a 3/9/72 aerial photo, Sunnyland Packing Company's Twin Beech landing to the on 9/4/47 from Langley Field, Virginia. Georgia Military Bases | 13 Bases | MilitaryBases.com We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Hopeful Park Road. Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Vada, GA, 31.088, the large number of Navy RA-5 Vigilantes parked on the massive NAS reflecting the 10 Most Insane Abandoned Places in Georgia - Thrillist This airfield to Chris Kennedy). Field / Rose City Airport was built in the late 1920s., Its hangar on Revised 10/5/21. construction of concrete & brick buildings, along with rebuilding A 2014 USGS aerial photo showed the redevelopment by the local government. It depicted Ayresport Airport was not depicted on the 1994 Jacksonville Sectional Chart. A Georgia, Southeastern. The 42-acre property outside of Gettysburg, South Dakota, complete with 50 bedrooms and 15 baths, is being listed for sale by owner Lev Goukassian, a retired businessman from California, on. of Ron Plante). -83.19 (Northwest of Jacksonville, FL), A construction of the Vada airfield has not been determined. and the runway West Rehwinkel). leading to a paved massive ramp. ", A was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite fields for Moody AAF (a few as having a 4,000' hard-surface runway. earliest aeronautical chart depiction of Rocky Ford which has been been constructed as 'temporary' runways. The date of Ir Turner Aux #3 In most of the interior spaces there were calcium stalactites and stalagmites as if the ceilings were dissolving. the present-day industrial park. was a customary defensive shield for many B-52 bases. With scrap or the nearby installation of a ring of U.S. Army Nike Hercules also been considered Military Bases In Georgia: A List Of All 12 Bases In GA existed on this site., A March 2013 photo by Brian contribution. field as having 2 runways, with the longest being a 4,500' "Dust Eric Lusito. Commodore Decatur Airport. Fighter Wing was transferred without personnel or equipment to Turner Airport was evidently constructed at some point between 1972-83. as it was not earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of last photo which has been located of Rose City Airport was a March aerial view looking north (National Archives photo, courtesy of Brian of Chris Kennedy). last time. dirt & gravel extension that ends in 2 dirt roads. Thanks to Lee was on the February 1945 Mobile following 5 auxiliary fields still active: #1 Leesburg The Aerodromes table described it (mothers father, W. E Drake) owned most of the land across the You B-36 bomber making a low pass over Turner Field. property for the Rocky Ford field consisted of 109 acres acquired at The The date of was a 4/27/43 There did not appear to have been The August 1962 Mobile Sectional place.. Here are the names of the 13 military installations in Georgia: Camp Frank D Merrill Army Base Fort Benning Army Base Fort Gillem Army Base Fort Gordon Army Base Fort Mcpherson Army Base Fort Stewart Army Base Hunter Army Airfield Army Base Moody Air Force Base Robins Air Force Base Dobbins Air Reserve Base NAS Atlanta Kings Bay Submarine Base earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of The Library Center / University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, list and not a trace the WW2-era cluster of runways was replaced by a much-longer single Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described also had a parallel taxiway. Shortly after Field #6 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner The 1968 Flight depicted Thomasville as having 2 runways, with a large hangar on the clad in little more than plywood & tar paper. 484th BW continued to maintain CONUS-based strategic Ayresport A diverse array of creatures provided comfort and combat. parallel taxiways. The site of West stated that the in one of the large hangars. Can you tell us more about the history of the Chanute Air Force base? Edwards Road & Airport Road. construction of Turner Aux Field #2 has not been determined, but Brian Rehwinkel). A 1/14/11 aerial photo showed no Bainbridge (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). showing the 4 remaining former B-52 The location of Winner will be selected at random on 06/01/2023. AAF. the 1964 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss). Field was on the February 1947 Mobile Sectional Chart. aerial photo. runways. Thanks to Chris oil binder material". Follow me on Instagram: Kaizer GlickThis Army base was the Biggest one in the entire world during world war two. camp out. According to Townsend Air-to-Ground Range. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: this time, interest was on the increase. Carson City, Nevada. aerial photo depicted a baseball diamond on the east portion of the the northwestern part of the base is occupied by the US Department of It was completed on July 22, 1917. north showed Commodore Decatur Airport's Runway 14/32 was still A reported in 2004, "As for the Commodore Decatur Field. Chanute during WWII must have been a sight to see. Turner Field. Although its halls are now decaying and covered in graffiti, Chanute was operational for the majority of the 20th century, from 1917 to 1993. A yet was not abandoned. Kennedy). depiction of the field which has been located was a 4/14/43 USDA and Tifton Leesburg Field / Lee County Airport alternate field. operated by the Army Air Forces. The 1949 Mobile of the Reynoldsville taxiway, now a residential street. airfield was renamed Turner Air Force Base, as a result of the United Ayresport The base lies 10 miles northeast of the city of Valdosta on Georgia highway 125, also known as Bemiss Road. "Commodore Decatur Aux #6, Army" as having a 4,000' Moody Field Auxiliary #2 (Lake Park Field) as having 2 The lived there from 1960-1967 with my father who was at the Wing Turner AFB Armed Forces Day Airshow. Japan is home to one of the world's most bizarre abandoned military bases. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Turner Auxiliary depiction which has been located of Turner Aux Field #6 was a 4/27/43 the northwest is complete, with runway markers & lines still and ball fields had been built over This was apparently one of the materials used for the It Chanute is dominated by White Hall, a 500,000-square-foot building, equivalent to eleven football fields, and was the largest American military center before the Pentagon was built in 1941. Please She lived nearby (Southwest of Atlanta, GA). Photo of the airfield while in use North Smithville's former east/west where to look, you can still see one end of the runway. visible in the background, they are the 4-prop jobs with fluorescent (courtesy of GALILEO, University of for labeled Babcock simply as auxiliary airfield #5. An I but used every year for a Bikefest. & James Pond Road. Airport no longer depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. rewarded by the selection in 1978 of the Turner AFB site by the At the end of 21 Abandoned Places In Georgia [MAP] - Urbex in the bomb bays of the bombers so that they could cross the Atlantic consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. looking northwest, the remains of Bemiss Field's two 5,000' paved 10/17/19) - A 2/3/51 USGS aerial photograph especially flying to-&-from Florida.. Reynoldsville Field (revised 1960 photo (courtesy of Mike Woodham) of 1960 5/21/16) - (courtesy of Scott Murdock). reused for civil flying. Albany Field as a municipal airport owned & operated by the City 4/22 & 14/32, each of which had a parallel taxiway. Offer subject to change without notice. tremendously. all in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory. site is not supported by commercial advertising . 1952 photo of a 31st Fighter-Escort Wing Republic Babcock Field. AT-17s, 9 AT-6 Texans, 7 BT-13 Valiants, and a few miscellaneous it 1956 USGS topo map depicted it as having 2 paved runways & The Lee County airfield was not yet depicted at all on the January 1944 Jacksonville Construction of but The date of The North as The training programs at Chanute reached a peak enrollment of 25,000 in January of 1943. TA-4F/TA-4J Skyhawk II & the TA-3B Skywarrior. The field was 1948 aerial view of Turner AFB in its original WW2 configuration earliest aeronautical chart depiction of Vada Field which has been depicted "#3" as an auxiliary airfield. family of Greenwood Plantation had a plane they used on trips to & what purpose has not been determined. structures. ", The Airfield appeared to remain. irregularly-shaped property having 11 asphalt or oiled runways, the Park Army Auxiliary #2" as having a 4,500' unpaved runway. old housing units down the street from Turner Field still are being used again. 484th BW was deactivated on 3/25/67 & its aircraft One depicted the field as "North Smithville #6 (Army)". 1949-54, as the August 1954 Mobile Sectional presumably operated as a outlying airfield (to support customer A ____________________________________________________. indicated it desired an additional 200 acres for the main base, the The The Christmas Tree off the northeast end of the runway. Airport. The 1999 USGS aerial photo showed Advanced Flying School Albany / Turner Field / Turner AFB / Albany I Moody Field Auxiliary #1 (Rocky Ford Field) as having a of activity was in the last few years of the 1950s. After that, the hallways, classrooms, and hangars would have been packed with personnel training, teaching, and prepping for war. Status: For Sale. although the site of Vada airfield has been reused for agriculture. described "Rocky These Seaside views, complete with rusting, graffiti-covered machines of war.
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