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1942-1946. Walker Army Airfield (also known as Victoria-Pratt Airfield or Walker-Hays Airfield) is an abandoned airfield located north of Interstate 70 in Ellis County, 1 mile northwest of Walker, Kansas or 3 miles northeast of Victoria, Kansas. Walker Army Airfield (AAF) is significantly historic as it was in the first group United States Army ...
Sahl Sinjar Air Base (Abandoned 1991) US Military Designations: Camp Sinjar United States Army facility closed 2004, now abandoned. Samarra East Air Base (Al Bakr Airfield) Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designations: FOB McKenzie, FOB Pacesetter Active United States Army facility. Shaykh Mazhar Air Base (Abandoned 2003)
Oakland Army Base. Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Mather Air Force Base. McClellan Air Force Base. Presidio of San Francisco. Sacramento Army Depot. San Carlos War Dog Training Center. Colorado. Fitzsimons Army Medical Center.
1940–1944. In use. 1940–present. During World War II, Kansas was a major United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training center for pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Kansas was favored because it has excellent, year-round flying conditions. The sparsely populated land made ideal locations for gunnery, bombing, and training ...
The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station) until the base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by ...
1,087 ft / 331 m. Coordinates. 38°49′51″N 094°53′25″W / 38.83083°N 94.89028°W / 38.83083; -94.89028. Naval Air Station Olathe is a former United States Navy base located in Gardner, Kansas. On its grounds at one point was Olathe Air Force Station. After it was closed, it was redeveloped into New Century AirCenter.
Fairfax Field was a wartime (WWII) facility of the United States Army Air Forces and later, the United States Air Force. The installation was north of Kansas City, Kansas. Used as a pre-war Naval Air Station, [3] the United States Army Air Forces leased the municipal airfield and built an Air Force Plant and modification center for North ...
Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.Named after General Winfield Scott, who achieved renown during the Mexican–American War, during the middle of the 19th century the fort served as a military base for US Army action in what was the edge of settlement in 1850.