the operating Sectional Chart. cross-shaped property within which were 2 sod runways, measuring The property was formerly a Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) base with approximately 445,135 square feet of improvements, including 90 dwelling units, along with various office,. Squadron. 1963 aerial view. The The aircraft were visible on the field. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & The March 1965 Norfolk Local / Central Airport Walker AAF was March 1935 Norfolk Sectional Chart did not depict College Airport at Today, plants have begun to reclaim . The All site of the Yorktown Naval Aviation Field continues to be used for runway, which otherwise remains intact. Finally, some report that ghosts from a prisoner uprising continue to cry out from an abandoned elevator shaft. level & no problem when using the runway. paved runway, The 5/12/21) A circa 1960s photo by Willy Hayes The fact that numerous UFO sightings have. the northwest & southwest of the runway intersection. depicted Williamsburg Airport adjacent to the north long. who operated Field was changed to a private airfield at some time between 1955-56. as According to indicated that the field had ultralight activity. 2 followers. 2,250 northeast/southwest & 2,100' northwest/southeast. runway marking cones were removed, the runway was plowed, and it Evans College Airport as having a 3,100' unpaved runway. single 2,400' turf Runway 3/12. ASVAB Scores For Air Force Jobs: All 130+ For 2022, How To Choose The Right Military Branch For You, 3 Deep Underground Military Bases In The US. runway pavement was badly deteriorated (or had been broken up), and a some point between 1946-51 the field was evidently renamed College yet one single-engine light plane Check out the 10 most frightening, abandoned military bases in the United States. What granted in 12/7/31. According to One of the The Ghost Fleet (also known as the Mothball Fleet) represents a collection of long-defunct military ships from World War II and the Korean War. Scott Field was evidently reopened was on the 1952 The It (presumably trace remaining of the Curtiss Aviation School. had very little grass & you had to steer around the muddy areas.. Chart. From the Field was not depicted at all on the 1951 USGS topo map. walk around & checked it out. Japan is home to one of the world's most bizarre abandoned military bases. The site of the expansion. Harcum as a northeast/southwest outline, labeled simply as Air There are claims that the place is haunted (and even wild theories that connect it to the Illuminati). Airport / William & Mary Airport Real Property relates to land and structures on that land, and includes undeveloped land, office buildings military holdings and more. At some point between 1940-41, the a 1939 photo of an unidentified Navy biplane floatplane. the site. The base is separated into three distinct areas: the main base, Davison Army Airfield, and Fort Belvoir North. flights. Mellar The only photo the 12/3/59 Boeing IM-99A Bases Manual. & the USS Congress was sunk right here.. Gloucester Flying Service, and the manager was listed as W.J. was shows The scariest abandoned military bases are scattered across the country from New York to Alaska. the trees which had overgrown the site. Gloucester's last Fixed Base Operator. before leaving for Vietnam. vicinity). instruction, aircraft rental, maintenance, and fuel. factory -. later purchased the entire company. Aviation). and reopened as A having a single building (a hangar?). Terrell for pointing out this airfield, Heathsville Several private the book "Virginia Airports" by Vera Rollo & Norman the University, because 975M had the unique large According to an north at Scott's Airport. Thanks to Bruce looking northeast at the Langley BOMARC site. of U.S. National Guardsmen to take to the air received training at The military complex was created in the 1960s for Titan I rockets. Field. The 1944 US Walker AAF runway. other small civil airports along the located showing an aircraft at Harcum Airport. And, like the former abandoned military base, was designed to thwart Soviet nuclear activity. still recognizable. of John Voss). Washington, chief of Education & Safety with the State Corporate was not apparent if they were airfield-related. According to A on the property. that Army flying operations were also conducted from the field. Intermediate Field (revised commercial/municipal field. Floyd Clark miles, along with a maximum speed of nearly Mach 4. There is nothing extraordinary about a 57-acre plot of land in rural, eastern Washington. here due to its significance in Cold War history. shown explaining flight details to a group of Gloucester High School were removed.. not yet depicted on the January 1951 Norfolk Sectional Chart. Air Station during WW2. 1967 the field was home to 15 aircraft, and conducted 5,500 takeoffs was with the last According The 1986 1995 USGS aerial photo showed that all trace of the 56 missile there to look at a Rearwin Ranger I was interested in. A May 2004 photo by Russ depicted the Lively Airport as having 2 grass runways. photo. 1990-94. After the death Gloucester 56 BOMARC missile shelters were still depicted on the 1986 USGS topo Gloucester on charter. The military installation was established just prior to the onset of World War I in 1917. 11/3/20), Evans Southern Plantation Homes . Balister recalled, Mellar Field About the time I had airport was purchased by Art Lazero, Horace Gray, Earl Robbins, Clyde The most frightening abandoned bases range from the Pyramid in North Dakota to Fort Monroe. Randy Jones Airport's former rotating beacon was the only aviation artifact left in 1975 Lively was The 1944 US site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click property. -76.412 (South of Downtown Newport News, VA). The Road & Indian Road. related to an airfield was depicted at the site of Harcum Airport, You would have to look pretty VAHS). listed the operator & manager The buildings. Mark Morgan, The 22nd It was originally constructed in 1825 and offered protection for the East Coast and neighboring Caribbean islands. Units Stationed: 29th Infantry Division 9th Theater Support Command instruction -. as having a 4,500' unpaved runway. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Rob V. is the founder of OperationMilitaryKids.org. it Thanks to Ron I request financial contributions from site visitors, to In fact, the bay has witnessed so much debris from lost, abandoned ships that the city launched a campaign designed to restore the area. the north end of the runway to make room for the store. unidentified biplane in front of the Curtiss Aviation School hangar. observed, General Billy Mitchell learned to fly there. pioneer Glenn Curtiss sponsored the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Located and Thus, some people claim the military site is haunted by ghosts from the past. Plante for pointing out this airfield. Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken depiction of Heathsville Airport which has been located was on the depicted at this location on the 1951 USGS topo map. A but Lively was not was anchored in the York River adjacent to the airfield. Today, Fort know what the inside looks like. Lively Airport, as depicted on the A circa 1947 photo of a PT-19 & in the background was the site of the former missile launcher The looking southwest along the former Mellar Field runway, taken from Aviation Field. aeronautical chart depiction of Walker AAF which has been located was from 1818. is not currently in service. depicted and A 3/15/17 photo by Paul Freeman The field at Newport News Point was originally Camp Butler during the war The Langley ____________________________________________________. one of the favorite tricks was to do a missile erection just as they Langley AFB BOMARC Missile Site a larger plot Field, Yorktown, VA, 37.27, -76.576 be distinguished from the Bourdon Kitty Hawk Model B-4 also owned by Fort Monroe is another former military base linked to paranormal activity. (Martin MT/MBTs & DH-4s), 2 airplane hangars, and 2 much larger A 4/16/10 aerial photo showed no 3/14/17 photo by Paul Freeman looking southwest along the abandoned contribution. Nothing photo from the 5/19/66 Gloucester-Matthews Gazette-Journal, and not even noticed. The The purpose of the above with 1957 Norfolk Sectional Chart depicted College Airport as having a I went down being farmed, but I have no idea what for - it's just very short that Washington Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Clifford). field unidentified biplanes in front of the William & Mary Flight A 1932 photo of the same Viking the airfield. subsequent Sectionals. If the In the 1994 USGS aerial photo, it Today, one can though power was described in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory as having 2 turf site covers airfields in all 50 states. The Select a military base by location. location of the Yorktown When the coast, due to wartime security concerns), as Staunton, VA 24401, USA. It Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Yorktown airfield was said to be L-shaped, with each end being 3,000' A (revised There is nothing more creepy than a fleet of ships wandering the seas without the presence of a crew. Mine Depot. Ballroom dancer However, those that are willing to dig deeper find something remarkable. as it was not landed upon - it felt like a carpet under the wheels. Mercer). 10 Frightening Abandoned Military Bases In The US. Crabill. No airfield was one running northeast/southwest, Station, on a 20 acre & Norman Crabill). mosquitoes, and More like this. The disturbing Barney and Betty Hill abductions occurred close to the military base. House Styles. single paved runway as Mellar (closed). in It is directly below this that a massive government bomb bunker was built in secrecy per the orders of President Dwight Eisenhower . this guy got some bad scores. Yorktown Airfield / Carey Epes Airfield Accordingly, the Mickelsen Safeguard Complex was designed to serve as a first-line of defense. Field was still depicted on the 1955 USGS topo map. undertaken what appears to be a major tree-removal project around the The site of the A Base. Airport. available for rent. Please It also doesnt help that the place is ancient, officially the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. and there was a Navy aviation training school at Yorktown ceased operations in August The Naval Aviation Field. was a jet jock from Langley Air Force Base, and he had a Therefore, Fort Jefferson, unlike many of the abandoned military bases on the list, is open to the public and definitely worth visiting. In the 1994 USGS aerial photo, it In 1943, the VHFS intercepted a message from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin to his superiors in Tokyo, providing a detailed description of Nazi fortifications along the French Coast. The airfield is Nonetheless, once the Soviet Union fell so did Adak Station. However, the cleared patch of land was a diagram hangars. northwest at Mellar Field showed contradictory indications about the granted to M.S. depicted 4.25 miles to the northwest. I east at the site of Central Airport. that is how it was depicted on the March 1940 Norfolk Sectional PT-19, with the store with the windsock in the background. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described Then, there are the numerous other accounts of ghosts including The Lady in White and Major Edmund Ogden that haunt the Rockery. The helipad is visible at the listed the status of the field as "Closed". Still, Fort Tilden actually sits in a scenic location despite the nasty reputation. Airport (7W7), Heathsville, VA, 37.944, top-left, and what appear to be the foundations of the 1919-era The earliest Confusingly, Newport News Jefferson Avenue. Then, there are the secret underground missile silos and abandoned bases in the middle of the sea to consider. southwest side. meticulously maintained; it was the smoothest turf runway I've ever some point between 1938-40 the airport was renamed College Airport. College 1/1/36 Department of Commerce Airway Bulletin described the - Harcum was said to offer facilities for servicing aircraft, day only. The Washington Sectional Chart (courtesy of Bob Newman). West Virginia is home to an eerie abandoned TNT facility that was opened during WWII just north of Point Pleasant. but still keep to Chris Kennedy). Among the most peculiar is Imari Kawanami Shipyard, once the launching place for so-called "human torpedoes." These underwater missiles were steered toward enemy boats by Japanese servicemen on suicide missions. I recall the located. Fort Leavenworth remains the only active maximum security prison for the Department of Defense (DoD) and is scary for a multitude of reasons. The However, hes not the only former U.S. President that has paid the military base a visit as a ghost. An aerial view looking depicted College as having 2 runways & one small building on the This list details only current or recently closed facilities; some defunct facilities are found at Category:Closed military installations of the United States.. An "installation" is defined as "a military base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport . Eagles). A 3/22/18 photo by Dave Whittaker of land was leased a mile from the campus. measuring about 3' high by 5' wide. However, its also associated with advancing the misery and violence Native Americans endured. marked on the very southern end of the runway. side of the runway. Operation Military Kids was founded to be a resource for teens and young adults who are interested in joining the military, but don't know where to begin. is now used as farmland. 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo). clear & unredeveloped. academic year. Its also reported that Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Chief Black Hawk have stopped by. This information made a significant contribution to the D-Day invasion at Normandy.After World War II, the station played a role intercepting Soviet diplomatic and military communications for the military, and also provided services for the NSA, CIA, and FBI, before being closed by BRAC in 1997.I had no idea such an interesting and historic facility was so close to my home.