NAS Livermore |
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Date: |
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March
26, 1949 |
Photographer: |
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Clyde Sunderland |
Description: |
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The Naval Air Station
at Livermore, CA was constructed in 1942, commissioned in 1943,
and decommissioned in 1946. After a brief period of civilian use,
and consideration as the site for the Air Force Academy, the property
was developed as a research center. Eventually it became the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory. |
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Number: |
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AAP-7-3 |
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Pan Am Base at
Mills Field |
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Date: |
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May 2, 1948 |
Photographer: |
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Clyde Sunderland |
Description: |
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Following the Navy takeover
of Treasure Island, Pan Am relocated their facilities across the
bay to Mills Field, now San Francisco International Airport. |
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Number: |
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AAP-15-7 |
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Benton Field |
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Date: |
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1938 |
Photographer: |
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Clyde Sunderland |
Description: |
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Benton Field was a 100
acre Army airfield, later transferred to the Navy to be occupied
by an enlarged Naval Air Station at Alameda. |
Number: |
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AAP-2-6 |
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Alameda Airport |
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Date: |
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November 11, 1929 |
Photographer: |
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Clyde Sunderland |
Description: |
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One of three airports
in Alameda, Alameda Field was a city owned strip near the Oakland-Alameda
ship channel on land that would eventually become NAS Alameda. |
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Number: |
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AAP-2-3 |
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NAS Sunnyvale |
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Date: |
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March 17, 1933 |
Photographer: |
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Clyde Sunderland |
Description: |
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Built to house the USS
Macon, a Navy rigid airship, the hanger at NAS Sunnyvale, shown
here under construction, was the largest wood frame building west
of the Mississippi. The landing field was named for Admiral Moffett
following his death in the crash of the USS Akron, sistership to
the Macon, in April 1933. |
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Number: |
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AAP-11-4 |
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