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    • Walker Army Airfield, Walker KS - Part 1

      Walker Army Airfield, Walker KS - Part 1

      Walker Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located north of Interstate 70 in Ellis County, 3 miles northeast of Victoria, Kansas. Walker AAF is a very large airfield that today is completely abandoned. It consisting of three runways, taxiways and a large paved ramp area.

      Contracts were negotiated on 26 August 1942, and construction got under way on September 14. Three concrete runways 150 feet in width were paved to a length of 8,000 feet and graded at each end another 1,000 feet so that by adding concrete paving at each end, runways 10,000 feet long would be available. Concrete taxiways 75 feet wide, as well as an apron 300 by 375 feet, were constructed. Originally only one hangar was built, but by the time of the field's inactivation five hangars were in use. Completion to the point of limited occupancy was accomplished within 79 days after negotiation of the contracts. The ground station, located to the north of the airfield, consisted of more than one hundred buildings, all intended to be temporary. Station buildings and streets were also constructed, the buildings consisting primarily of wood, tar paper, and non-masonry siding. The use of concrete and steel was limited because of the critical need elsewhere. Most buildings were hot and dusty in the summer and very cold in the winter. Water, sewer and electrical services were also constructed.

      Real base activity began when the 852d Signal Corps Detachment, the 3d Weather Squadron, the 23d Airways Communications Squadron, the 2064th Ordnance Corps Detachment and a medical detachment were attached to the 500th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron for administration, rations, and quarters. Early in 1943 a guard squadron, a quartermaster company, and an airdrome squadron arrived.

      By the middle of 1943 a still further expansion of mission was due at Walker. The field was scheduled to begin training B-29 crews for combat duty, and in about August 1943 the first B-29s were brought in. Walker was to function through the remaining active portion of its career within the training program of the 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, which had its headquarters at Sioux City Army Base.

      The field's mission changed drastically in the middle of 1943 when the 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing at Sioux City Army Airfield began training B-29 Superfortress crews at Walker. The airfield became one of the first B-29 training facilities in the country and soon one of the finest. B-29s were new planes at the time used for long-distance flying and bombing. Built by Boeing, these aircraft could fly up to 5,830 miles non-stop and reach 365 miles per hour. In 1944 a railroad spur was constructed to the field from the Union Pacific Railroad. It was used to bring in equipment and B-29 engines.

      Walker AAF was also equipped with a photographic laboratory. Cameras were mounted onto guns during missions and the film had to be developed before class the next day. Until the end of World War II the number of crews trained at Walker AAF was steady.

      From very humble beginnings, both the mission and the physical plant of Walker Army Air Field expanded considerably so that by August 31, 1944, a total of 5,936 personnel were stationed at the field. Compared to the original 1,000 occupancy, Walker AAF had grown almost sixfold in just a couple years.

      On January 31, 1946, Walker was put on inactive status, and disposition of property became the major activity at the field. In December 1958 the government held an auction to sell the many acres of the former airfield. The airfield was apparently abandoned at some point between 1965 and 1968. Shortly after WWII, the Air Force leased the NE/SW runway for a study dealing with explosive cratering. The craters are still visible and vegetation and trees have voluntarily grown in the craters.

      The land was again sold in 1991, and in 1992 government personnel and the new owners performed a walkover. It was determined there was still hazardous waste left behind from World War II. 30 and 50 caliber casings and bullets were found on the former target range at the north end of the site. Four transformers left over from the war were on the apron and the wartime sewage treatment system in the southwest part of the field was still present although inoperable. A landfill was found half a mile south of the north–south runway. In four 3-foot by 4-foot areas, pharmacy bottles, syringes, mess hall plates, shells, spark plugs, and other items were found.

      Today Walker AAF has the air of a ghost town. Almost all of the concrete airfield still exist, runways and taxiways in various states of deterioration, almost totally complete. Four hangars on the flight line area exist. Concrete foundations of the former base support buildings can be found, along with some of the road network. Outlines of the former streets are clearly visible in aerial photography.
    • Walker Army Airfield, Walker KS - Part 2

      Walker Army Airfield, Walker KS - Part 2

      Walker Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located north of Interstate 70 in Ellis County, 3 miles northeast of Victoria, Kansas. Walker AAF is a very large airfield that today is completely abandoned. It consisting of three runways, taxiways and a large paved ramp area.

      Contracts were negotiated on 26 August 1942, and construction got under way on September 14. Three concrete runways 150 feet in width were paved to a length of 8,000 feet and graded at each end another 1,000 feet so that by adding concrete paving at each end, runways 10,000 feet long would be available. Concrete taxiways 75 feet wide, as well as an apron 300 by 375 feet, were constructed. Originally only one hangar was built, but by the time of the field's inactivation five hangars were in use. Completion to the point of limited occupancy was accomplished within 79 days after negotiation of the contracts. The ground station, located to the north of the airfield, consisted of more than one hundred buildings, all intended to be temporary. Station buildings and streets were also constructed, the buildings consisting primarily of wood, tar paper, and non-masonry siding. The use of concrete and steel was limited because of the critical need elsewhere. Most buildings were hot and dusty in the summer and very cold in the winter. Water, sewer and electrical services were also constructed.

      Real base activity began when the 852d Signal Corps Detachment, the 3d Weather Squadron, the 23d Airways Communications Squadron, the 2064th Ordnance Corps Detachment and a medical detachment were attached to the 500th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron for administration, rations, and quarters. Early in 1943 a guard squadron, a quartermaster company, and an airdrome squadron arrived.

      By the middle of 1943 a still further expansion of mission was due at Walker. The field was scheduled to begin training B-29 crews for combat duty, and in about August 1943 the first B-29s were brought in. Walker was to function through the remaining active portion of its career within the training program of the 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, which had its headquarters at Sioux City Army Base.

      The field's mission changed drastically in the middle of 1943 when the 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing at Sioux City Army Airfield began training B-29 Superfortress crews at Walker. The airfield became one of the first B-29 training facilities in the country and soon one of the finest. B-29s were new planes at the time used for long-distance flying and bombing. Built by Boeing, these aircraft could fly up to 5,830 miles non-stop and reach 365 miles per hour. In 1944 a railroad spur was constructed to the field from the Union Pacific Railroad. It was used to bring in equipment and B-29 engines.

      Walker AAF was also equipped with a photographic laboratory. Cameras were mounted onto guns during missions and the film had to be developed before class the next day. Until the end of World War II the number of crews trained at Walker AAF was steady.

      From very humble beginnings, both the mission and the physical plant of Walker Army Air Field expanded considerably so that by August 31, 1944, a total of 5,936 personnel were stationed at the field. Compared to the original 1,000 occupancy, Walker AAF had grown almost sixfold in just a couple years.

      On January 31, 1946, Walker was put on inactive status, and disposition of property became the major activity at the field. In December 1958 the government held an auction to sell the many acres of the former airfield. The airfield was apparently abandoned at some point between 1965 and 1968. Shortly after WWII, the Air Force leased the NE/SW runway for a study dealing with explosive cratering. The craters are still visible and vegetation and trees have voluntarily grown in the craters.

      The land was again sold in 1991, and in 1992 government personnel and the new owners performed a walkover. It was determined there was still hazardous waste left behind from World War II. 30 and 50 caliber casings and bullets were found on the former target range at the north end of the site. Four transformers left over from the war were on the apron and the wartime sewage treatment system in the southwest part of the field was still present although inoperable. A landfill was found half a mile south of the north–south runway. In four 3-foot by 4-foot areas, pharmacy bottles, syringes, mess hall plates, shells, spark plugs, and other items were found.

      Today Walker AAF has the air of a ghost town. Almost all of the concrete airfield still exist, runways and taxiways in various states of deterioration, almost totally complete. Four hangars on the flight line area exist. Concrete foundations of the former base support buildings can be found, along with some of the road network. Outlines of the former streets are clearly visible in aerial photography.
    • Gigi Hadid, Anok Yai, and Vittoria Ceretti for the cr runway x luisaviaroma ✨ #supermodel #runway

      Gigi Hadid, Anok Yai, and Vittoria Ceretti for the cr runway x luisaviaroma ✨ #supermodel #runway

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    • Connecticut Sun pregame runway

      Connecticut Sun pregame runway

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    • This Explorer Discovered A Decaying World War II Airstrip – And It’s Hauntingly Creepy

      This Explorer Discovered A Decaying World War II Airstrip – And It’s Hauntingly Creepy

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      Imgur user CanadaSpeedoMan and his wife were on a backcountry hiking trip in Greenland. For days, they trekked through the fjords, getting farther and farther from anything resembling civilization. Then they came upon piles of old barrels and the twisted frames of long-collapsed buildings.

      East Greenland is a remote and lonely part of the world. Its landscape is one of mountains and lakes, and for much of the year it’s locked in pack ice. But in this great wilderness the hikers discovered the rusting remains of a facility – one that dates from a time when the area played a very important strategic role.

      Amid the rocky peaks, on a shelf of land close to an Eskimo encampment known as Ikateq, the United States had built an airstrip. It was designed to be a refueling station for military aircraft flying from America to Europe during the Second World War. And it’s still there, slowly collapsing into the dirt.

      Work began on the airstrip, known as Bluie East Two, in 1942. A year earlier America had taken over the defense of Greenland and began looking for sites on which to place a 5,000-foot runway. Eventually, they found the best location, 35 miles northeast of Tasiilaq. So it was that a supply flotilla arrived on July 26, 1942, and building work began.

      The airfield remained open from 1942 until 1947. After the war came to an end in 1945, though, the importance of Bluie East Two began to wane. In fact, like other American bases in Greenland, it was vacated two years later. But the site’s inaccessibility is largely responsible for the fact that its legacy remains visible for anyone lucky enough to find it.

      You see, everything that the Americans used to build Bluie East Two had to be shipped in. There are few, if any, trees in East Greenland, so the timber needed to be ferried over. But this also meant that when it was time to leave, there was no desire to take anything from the site.

      It wasn’t just the buildings that were left, though. Almost everything was abandoned to the elements. And now, hundreds of barrels litter the area. These containers were used to refuel the planes, and some of them still hold fuel in their rusting shells. All told, it’s certainly a strange thing to stumble across in the middle of nowhere.

      Nowadays, alongside the barrels are huge pieces of machinery. These would have been used to build the runway that was the heart of Bluie East Two. Completed in 1943, the landing strip was made out of gravel, and you can still see it cut into the cold earth today.

      Most of the useful things that were left behind at Bluie East Two have, though, been removed over the past 70 years by the native Inuit people. However, anything that couldn’t be taken away by foot or in small fishing boats remains where it was left.

      Interestingly, too, old photos from when the facility was being built show that it wasn’t just machinery that was needed to create the airstrip. Huge crates of explosives were also used. East Greenland isn’t, after all, the sort of place that makes building, or maintaining, large complexes easy.

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    • Forsaken Airfield on Stalker: Checking all the loot and hidden caves

      Forsaken Airfield on Stalker: Checking all the loot and hidden caves

      The Forsaken Airfield is a vast and open landscape. On interloper, loot is limited. Is Stalker any different? What other secrets can be found hidden in the region? Let's find out!

      Interloper video of Forsaken Airfield:
      https://youtu.be/LP9xIwyzo84

      Chapters:
      00:00 Intro
      04:00 Transfer Pass
      15:40 Entering Forsaken Airfield
      30:08 The Airport
      1:06:43 Trailer & Surveyor's Memory
      1:12:20 Moose Fight
      1:19:45 Crashed Helicopter and open plains
      1:31:40 Mindful Cabin
      1:37:05 Looting the open plains
      1:55:01 Glimmer fog and Drift Island
      2:03:49 Exploring the NorthEast
      2:14:46 Pride Rock and Steve the Trapped Bear
      2:25:27 Southern Side and Justy's Hovel
      2:36:16 The Shortcut to Transfer Pass
      2:50:32 Exploring caves and Western Side
      3:24:57 Sudden Washout Cave and Cougar Den
      3:30:20 Checking everything
      3:41:16 Full map and final reflection

      Art Director:
      Elentia

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      Flare: cjr9aber, Pam Lange, Chris Rybowski, Princess Jade, NavigatedJug, Matt W, Coolio, Aaron Steele, Sarah Parker-Shemilt
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      Song: NOWË - Heart Of Gold (Vlog No Copyright Music)
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      Video Link: https://youtu.be/EALgD9ZjFyo
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