Trip Report: Jaunts
First published in 2021-24. Reformatted 2025. This page is for various minor adventures that, by themselves, do not warrant individual trip reports. This page covers the time frame starting in July 2021. See Variation Authorized for similar material from 1994 through 2004, Miscellany for 2005 through July 2007, and Wanderings for material from 2007 through June 2021. Unlike my "normal" trip reports, this one is alphabetical rather than chronological. Just a reminder PIN means Permanent Installation Number and ILC means Installation Location Code; I include these codes for Air Force properties when I know them.Douglas Army Airfield
8 NW Douglas, Arizona
31-27-50 N, 109-36-10 W
Douglas is a bit remote. I visited this airfield in April 2024. My photography was limited because a prison is built on the property.5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight storage and maintenance building and 2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight storage and maintenance building and 2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
Hangar 1
Hangar 1
Hangar 1
Hangar 1
Hangar 2
Hangar 2
Hangar 2
Hangar 2
Hangar 3
Hangar 3
Hangar 3
Hangar 3
Francis E. Warren Air Force Missile Site 3 (565-B)
Cheyenne, Wyoming
I toured this former Atlas D missile site back in March 2005. I took these additional images from outside the fence in July 2021.General view
General view
General view
Closer view of two launcher buildings
Liberal Army Airfield
1.5 WNW Liberal, Kansas
37-02-40 N, 100-57-50 W
I visited this WWII airfield back in August 2007. I returned in July 2023 and viewed this hangar from the nearby Mid-America Air Museum, which is well worth a visit.Hangar
Hangar
Pratt Army Airfield
5 N Pratt, Kansas
37-42-15 N, 98-44-45 W
I visited this WWII airfield back in August 2007. I returned in August 2023 and enjoyed much better lighting for photography. According to display signage "The first two-vault building was built to support a squadron with twelve aircraft. When the squadron expanded to a bomb group of four squadrons, five vaults were built and enclosed in a wood-frame building which is no longer standing." The building I label as unidentified might be an airfield lighting vault, but I'm not certain.5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight maintenance and storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight storage and maintenance building and 2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
5-vault Norden bombsight storage and maintenance building and 2-vault Norden bombsight storage building
Parachute building
Parachute building
Parachute building
Parachute building
Unidentified building
Unidentified building
Unidentified building
Sub-depot hangar (Hangar #1) Updated January 26, 2025
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