Exploring 10 Abandoned Military Bases in TEXAS | Part 2

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Today we will be exploring all abandoned Texas military forts, bases and airfields. Make sure to check out the first part of this video!

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00:00 Intro
00:19 Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio
01:36 Amarillo Air Force Base, Amarillo
02:38 Webb Air Force Base, Big Spring
03:45 Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso
05:59 Childress Army Airfield
06:54 Aloe Army Airfield, Victoria
07:48 Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City
08:58 Moore Air Force Base, Mission
09:57 Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock
10:54 Laredo Air Force Base

Abandoned military base in Texas, USA

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Hello, dear viewers and subscribers!
I want to thank you for your support and comments on the first part of this series. All military bases that are presented in this video were recommended by you. Please continue to leave comments and suggestions, I read them all and really appreciate them. Have a great day and enjoy the video!

ghosttownchronicles

I was 5 years old when Webb AFB was closed. I remember the jets hearing sonic booms every once in a while and seeing the beacon turning at night from the house I grew up in. The memories

rkmatt

I remember flying a T38 into Biggs and lining up with El Paso instead. It was yet another great learning moment. Sad to hear of Kelly shut down. Of the three bases in San Antonio, Kelly was the place to go. It had, hands down the best accommodations around. It was laid back, old world and chill.

edjarrett

Was sent to Amarillo AFB for basic training in Nov of 1966 because of a meningitis outbreak at Lackland. In Dec the temperature was 8 degrees and 82 degrees with dust storms. After basic I was then sent to Wichita Falls for a 13 week Tech school.

postal

I think it is difficult for modern Americans to grasp just how large the United States' role was in WWII. Training fields sprang up all over the US, especially in areas that had long springs, summers and falls. Too often, the greed that accompanied the Base Realignment and Closure process transferred the land to developers who sought only profits from the conversion. I think of the millions of people who could have had either permanent or transitional housing; as well as vocational training from these abandoned sites. Thank you for the photo documentation.

donalddodson

I visited Amarillo AFB in the fall of 1980, twelve years after it closed. There wasn't much left; most of the buildings had been of the WWII "temporary" variety and had been torn down. My ex wife's uncle was grazing his cattle on the base. My boss at the time had gone through the last BMT class at Amarillo in 1968, right before it closed.

dukeford

1:39 Some USAF basic training was moved to Amarillo AFB in 1966-1968 due to a meningitis outbreak at Lackland AFB, San Antonio and an increase in manpower demands during Vietnam. This was temporary but a significant part of the base's history. The only time, post Korean war, USAF basic wasn't located at Lackland AFB.

paaat

I lived not far from Webb AFB, I was stationed at the Kelly AFB Security Hill. I lived in the closed Amarillo AFB housing while stationed at the Amarillo MEPS unit. Most of the bases and stations that I was stationed at have been long closed 😢
In my 22 years active duty, with 14 years of that in Texas, I've never heard of Biggs 🤔

kayesdigginit

Biggs Army airfield is still open. While USAF may have left. The US Army still uses it

robertpitman

Many ask why so much flight training in Texas. Easy there was lots of land to fly over and crash into without hurting anyone except maybe a groundhog. There weren’t as many wells pumping oil then.

grannygoes

Enjoyed checking out these 10 abandoned military bases in Texas Part 2.If I may offer one suggestion to your channel it would be to add YouTube Shorts in the near future.

DarrenLee