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Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States. Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2 , the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel , who was ...
Sep 1, 2018 · After the U.S. Army closed Mitchel Field in 1961, new construction for Nassau Community College (founded in 1959) transformed the 1,117-acre airbase, October 20, 2018.
Apr 9, 2020 · Established in 1917, Mitchel Field served for almost 50 years as an Air Force base. It was eventually closed in 1961. It’s now the home of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Nassau Coliseum, Mitchel...
Aug 23, 2023 · On November 29, 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower took off from Mitchel Field on a U.S. Air Force aircraft en route to South Korea, to fulfill a campaign promise. Colonel W. Millikan's transcontinental speed record flight of 4 hours, 8 minutes set in a North American F-86 Sabre on 2 January 1954 ended at Mitchel AFB.
May 18, 2018 · During 1943, Mitchel AAF became a staging area for Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers and their crews before being sent overseas. Mitchel Field was a major source of supply in initial garrisoning and defense of North Atlantic air bases in Newfoundland, Greenland, and Iceland.
Mar 1, 2020 · On March 1, 2020 I took a walk around Mitchel Field, now Nassau Community College and Museum Row, and took pictures of every existing building from the old base. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, Mitchel Field (Air Force Base) will hopefully be preserved forever.
Aug 1, 2018 · Mitchel Air Force Base was officially added to the U.S. Register of Historic Places, making it one of the most recent places in Nassau County to join the list. Not much of the original...
