Trip Report: Wanderings
First published in 2007-21. Reformatted 2025. This page is a catchall for various minor adventures that, by themselves, do not warrant individual trip reports. This page covers the time frame starting in August 2007 and ending in June 2021. See Jaunts for similar material starting in July 2021. See Variation Authorized for similar material from 1994 through 2004, and Miscellany for similar material from 2005 through July 2007. Unlike my typical trip reports, this one is alphabetical rather than chronological. This page started as "Living on Lowry," but I decided that Lowry AFB and its annexes warranted a separate page. 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.Air Force Finance Center
3800 York Street, Denver, Colorado
PIN 2095, ILC ACYU
I photographed the administrative building at this former supply depot in 2005. At that time, I didn't realize that the warehouses had once served as huge offices for finance and accounting technicians. A steam plant flanks the administration building on one side, and several other buildings are on the other side. Built as a medical supply depot for the Army in WWII, the Air Force used this installation as the Air Force Finance Center from 1951 until 1976. Visited 28 August 2010.Administration building
Administration building
Administration building
Administration building
Warehouse foundation
Warehouse
Warehouse
Warehouse
Warehouse
Warehouse
Warehouse
Steam plant
Steam plant
Buildings
Buildings
Buildings
Building
Building detail
Battery Bigelow
Mullet Key, Florida
27.6144, 82.7374
This concrete gun battery held two 3-inch guns. The battery is located on Fort DeSoto (see separate entry). Construction was completed in 1902, and it was named for 1st Lt Aaron Bigelow on 15 May 1903. The battery was deactivated in 1920. My visit was on 10 January 2014.General view
Gun emplacement
Gun mount
Battery Laidley
Mullet Key, Florida
27.6155, 82.7359
When construction was completed in April 1900, this concrete battery held eight 12-inch mortars in two bays. This battery is located on Fort DeSoto (see separate entry). Four of the mortars were eventually removed to relieve crowding in the emplacements, and circular repairs in the concrete show their former locations. The battery was named for Col Theodore T.S. Laidley on 15 May 1903. The battery was declared surplus on 27 June 1931. These are the only 12-inch mortars still emplaced in firing positions in the United States. Visited 10 January 2014.General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
Generator room
Magazine
Mortar emplacements #1 and #2
Close up of mortar muzzle
Data booth for emplacements #1 and #2
Mortar emplacements #3 and #4
Data booth for emplacements #3 and #4
Bozeman National Guard Armory
Bozeman, Montana
45-40-48, 111-02-17
This armory was built at the beginning of WWII. It now sits empty, but there are plans to redevelop it into a hotel. Visited 3 September 2012.General view
General view
General view
Brighton State Armory
Brighton, Colorado
39-59-15, 104-49-11
This armory was built in 1922 and is one of several Colorado armories designed by John James Huddart. In 1946 it was repurposed as American Legion Post 46. In 2009 it was rededicated as The Armory at Brighton Cultural Center after significant remodeling. Visited 25 April 2021.General view
Bruns General Hospital
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This 1,500-bed general hospital was named on 14 December 1942 for Colonel Earl Harvey Bruns, Medical Corps. The property was declared excess on 15 December 1947 and disposed of on 15 March 1949. For decades it was used by colleges, and most recently it served as a set for the television series Manhattan. It is still fenced with "Closed Set" signs, but may be facing demolition. The connecting corridors were a typical feature of WWII Army hospital construction, and these are the only examples I have seen. Visited 3 February 2018.General view
General view
General view
General view
Buildings
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Building
Connecting corridor and building
Connecting corridor and building
Television prop structures
Television prop structures
Buckley Arctic Training Center
Idaho Springs, Colorado
I was on (or at least very near) this large training area on my way up Mount Evans (renamed Mount Blue Sky in 2023) on 9 July 2008. In 1943 and 1944, 34,930 acres of land were used by Buckley Field for arctic training.General view of area
Burlington State Armory
Burlington, Colorado
This red brick armory was constructed in 1926. Its design is credited to architect Sidney G. Frazier. Visited 27 April 2018.General view
General view
Front entrance
Camp George West
Golden, Colorado
39-44-35, 105-10-30
Much of this former National Guard camp is now a correctional facility. A water tower and warehouses can be seen from outside the fence. Visited 20 September 2008.General view
General view
Camp Hale
Leadville, Colorado
39-26, 106-19
This was the Army's high-altitude training camp during WWII. The 10th Mountain Division trained here, in the mountains surrounding the built-up portion of the camp. A few structural remnants remain, along with some interpretive signage, and some of the road grid is visible from the adjacent U.S. highway. The land is now open to hiking and snowmobiling. Concrete buttresses from a WWII field house still stand, as does a small concrete structure, and stonework from an installation gate. The Eagle River was straightened and deepened when the camp was built. Other foundation remains may exist under the snow. Visited 24 November 2011.General view
Field house buttresses
Field house buttresses
Field house buttresses
Field house buttresses
Structure
Structure
General view
General view
Cheyenne National Guard Armory
Cheyenne, Wyoming
41-08-48, 104-48-54
Cheyenne's first armory was built in the mid-1930s. It now houses the Wyoming National Guard Museum. The museum was closed for renovation when I visited on 3 December 2015.General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
Colorado Springs Administration Annex #1-Chidlaw Building
Colorado Springs, Colorado
ILC EDQR
38-50-05, 104-47-18
This property was activated as an annex of Ent AFB on 3 June 1974, although it had been in use by ADC since the 1960s. It transferred to Peterson AFB on 1 March 1976, and was disposed of 16 February 1988. It remains in use as an office building. This building served as Air Defense Command Headquarters after that function outgrew the building on Ent AFB. Visited on 20 November 2010.General view
General view
General view
General view
Colorado Springs Administration Annex #2-Burroughs Building
Colorado Springs, Colorado
ILC EDQQ
Activated under ADC on 3 June 1974, this single-building installation was transferred to SAC on 1 October 1979. In 1980 it changed from a real property installation to a programmed installation. Air Force control continued until approximately 2007, and the building was for sale when I visited on 18 October 2009.General view
General view
General view
Colorado Springs Administration Annex #16
Colorado Springs, Colorado
PIN 5446
The Air Force used this building, first calling it the USAF Academy Construction Agency, then renaming it on 15 February 1961. I don't know dates of first or final use of this facility by the Air Force. Visited 16 September 2007.General view
General view
General view
Cut Bank AAFld
Cut Bank, Montana
PIN 3268
48-36-30, 112-22-30
This is now Cut Bank Municipal Airport (CTB). This was a bomber training base under 2AF during WWII. In the mid 1950s, Air Defense Command used Cut Bank Airport as an auxiliary airfield for Cut Bank AFS. Logistics support for the airfield was provided by Malmstrom AFB.Hangar
Hangar
Hangar
Hangar interior
Hangar interior
Armament Building
Armament Building
Armament Building
Armament Building
Recreation Building
Recreation Building
Recreation Building
Recreation Building
Elevated water storage tank footers
Elevated water storage tank footers
Taxiway
Taxiway
Taxiway
Denver Quartermaster Laundry
Denver, Colorado
The Army's Quartermaster Corps leased three discontinuous properties in Denver for a laundry facility. Two of the properties were operational laundries and one was a warehouse. Goodheart's Broadway Laundry was leased from approximately July 1942 to approximately June 1944. The building has recently been altered but the Goodheart logo remains visible on the chimney. I visited on 26 May 2019.General view
General view
Chimney detail showing Goodheart's sign
Don Ce-Sar Hospital
St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
The Don Ce-Sar opened as a luxury hotel in the late 1920s. During WWII it was purchased by the U.S. Government and used by the Army Air Forces, primarily as a convalescent hospital. After the war this grand building served as office space for the Veterans Administration and other government agencies until 1969. New owners in 1972 changed the spelling of the name from Don Ce-Sar to Don CeSar (the hotel was named after the literary character Don Caesar.) The Don has been extensively remodeled and updated, and is once again a destination for the rich and famous. Visited 12 January 2011.Building
Building
Building
Building
Drew Field
Tampa, Florida
On this visit I did find several concrete building foundations that may date to WWII AAF use. These were on the east side of the present Tampa airport at the edge of the Drew Park area. Revisited 9 January 2011.Foundation of former building
Foundation of former building
Foundation of former building
Foundation of former building
Ellsworth AF Missile Site D-01
Philip, South Dakota
I visited this site on 21 August 2011, after previous visits in 2001 and 2007 (see "Rapid City Maneuvers" and "Miscellany" for those visits). This former launch control facility is now part of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Park Ranger Butch Davis met us at the visitor center, and he also led our tour of D-01. My huge disappointment of the trip was that the elevator was out of service, so our tour did not include the underground launch control center. I asked to use the emergency ladder but was denied. Repeatedly.General view
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General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
Entry gate
Entry gate signage
Fence with vintage sign
Gasoline pump
Hard HF transmit antenna
Satellite television dish, fuel tank, and Peacekeeper security vehicle
Hard HF receive antenna
Helipad
Hard UHF antenna
Hard UHF antenna, helipad in background
Launch Control Suport Building
Vehicle garage
Facility Manager's bedroom/office
Sewage lagoons
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Dayroom and dining area
Dayroom and dining area
Security Control Center
Security Control Center
Elevator to right, emergency ladder to left
Park Ranger Butch Davis tells me one last time "No Scott, you may NOT climb down the emergency ladder!"
Emergency generator
Ellsworth AF Missile Site D-09
Philip, South Dakota
I visited this site on 21 August 2011, after previous visits in 2001 and 2007 (see "Rapid City Maneuvers" and "Miscellany" for those visits). This is now part of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. The viewing enclosure added by the National Park Service allows tourists--and Russian satellites--to peek inside the silo. Other than that added feature, this launch facility looks very much like it did when its Minuteman II missile was still on alert.General view
General view
Silo showing viewing enclosure
Training missile inside silo
Silo door and track
Silo door and track
Hard Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) antenna
Hard UHF antenna
Hard UHF antenna
Hard UHF antenna
Personnel entryway
Personnel entryway
Personnel entryway
Personnel entryway
Gate with signage
Azimuth marker post, near site
Silo door partially open
Support building
Support building
Support building
Older outer zone security system radar mast
Detail of Improved Minuteman Physical Security System (IMPSS) monopole
Detail of IMPSS monopole
Ent AFB
Colorado Springs, Colorado
PIN 1374, ILC GBUZ
The former base is now the United States Olympic Training Center, and although there is much recent construction, several Air Force buildings remain. (Although, it looked like the wooden WWII buildings were about to be demolished.) The installation served as Second Air Force headquarters during WWII, then Fifteenth Air Force headquarters in the late 1940s. It became Ent AFB in 1949, and was closed in the 1970s. Building numbers and uses listed below are from a 1965 base guide. The Combat Operations Center was moved from Ent's Building 4 into the Cheyenne Mountain complex. Visited 18 September and 20 November 2010.Building 4 - Combat Operations Center
Building 4 - Combat Operations Center
Building 4 - Combat Operations Center
Building 4 - Combat Operations Center
Building 4 - East Annex [had been CADC HQ then ADC HQ, pre-war civilian building]
Building 4 - East Annex [had been CADC HQ then ADC HQ, pre-war civilian building]
Building 4 - East Annex [had been CADC HQ then ADC HQ, pre-war civilian building]
Building 4 - East Annex [had been CADC HQ then ADC HQ, pre-war civilian building]
Building 4 [post-1965 addition]
Building 4 [post-1965 addition]
Building 4 [post-1965 addition]
Building 4 [post-1965 addition]
Building 5 - North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5 - North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5 - North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5 - North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5 - North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 14 - Dining hall
Building 14 - Dining hall
Building 14 - Dining hall
Building 14 - Dining hall
Building 83 - Dormitory
Building 87 - Dormitory
Building 87 - Dormitory
Building 23 - Base communications
Building 23 - Base communications
Building 23 - Base communications
Building 23 - Base communications
Building 23 - Base communications
Building 23 - Base communications
Building 16 - Legal office [built during WWII]
Building 16 - Legal office [built during WWII]
Building 32 - Base finance [built during WWII]
Building 32 - Base finance [built during WWII]
Building 32 - Base finance [built during WWII]
Building 32 - Base finance [built during WWII]
Building 30 - HQ Squadron Section, 4600th Air Base Wing [built during WWII]
Building 30 - HQ Squadron Section, 4600th Air Base Wing [built during WWII]
Building 30 - HQ Squadron Section, 4600th Air Base Wing [built during WWII]
Farish Memorial Recreation Area
Woodland Park, Colorado
PIN 6839, ILC WUXS
The Air Force activated this installation in 1959 to support the nearby United States Air Force Academy. It was enlarged from 160 to 655 acres in 1967. It contains three lakes, with great scenery (and the occasional Air Force sign lurking on the fence). Visited 18 October 2009.Building
Dedication plaque
General view
General view
General view showing sign
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Denver, Colorado
Originally known as General Hospital No. 21, this hospital was built by the Army at the end of the first world war. In 1920 it was renamed Fitzsimons General Hospital. It closed by direction of the 1995 BRAC process, and some of the Army buildings remain with lots of new construction mixed in. Visited in 2007, 2014, and 2017.Main building
Main building detail
Building
Building
Building
Chapel
General view
View from a non-historic building
Gatehouses
Gatehouses
Gatehouses
Gatehouses
Fort DeSoto
Mullet Key, Florida
27-36-55, 82-44-09
This location was first reserved for military purposes in 1849, and Fort DeSoto was established and named on 4 April 1900. Named for Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto, this 842.42-acre fort was a sub-post to nearby Fort Dade. Part of the land became Mullet Key Bombing and Gunnery Range early during WWII. The fort was declared excess on 27 May 1947. Visited on 10 January 2014.Museum building, reproduction of vintage building
Museum display, artifacts from Mullet Key Bombing and Gunnery Range
Francis E. Warren AFB
Cheyenne, Wyoming
PIN 1298, ILC GHLN
I visited the base on 4 September 2010, and my overnight lodging was in this building.Building 210
Francis E. Warren AF Missile Site #4
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The land is now owned by the City of Cheyenne. The only public access is a limited number of City-sponsored tours, so I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to see the site up close. This former Atlas D missile site is part of the larger Belvoir Ranch property, acquired by Cheyenne in 2003 for future water development and waste facilities development. The city also hopes to eventually open an interpretive site to share the heritage of the ranch, including Native American, ranching, and railroad history as well as this first-generation ICBM site. My thanks to Chuck Lanham for showing me around the site on 30 April 2009.General view looking south from I-80
Former location of Gate House and Vehicle Storage Building
Diesel Storage Tank (right) and Water Storage Tank (left)
Power and Pump House and Water Storage Tank
Power and Pump House interior
Launch Operations Building entryway
Launch Operations Building and Track Antenna
Track Antenna
Looking into Track Antenna structure from inside Launch Operations Building
Additional antenna mount inside Launch Operations Building
Additional antenna mount inside Launch Operations Building
Launch Operations Building upper level interior
Launch Operations Building upper level interior
Launch Operations Building upper level interior
Launch Operations Building upper level interior
Launch Operations Building upper level interior
Launch Operations Building upper level interior
Launch Operations Building stairwell
Launch Operations Building lower level interior
Launch Operations Building lower level interior
Launch Operations Building lower level interior
Launch Operations Building lower level interior
Launch Operations Building lower level interior
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (1 of 3, west)
Launch and Service Building (2 of 3, center)
Launch and Service Building (2 of 3, center)
Launch and Service Building (2 of 3, center)
Launch and Service Building (2 of 3, center)
Launch and Service Building (2 of 3, center)
Launch and Service Building (3 of 3, east)
Launch and Service Building (3 of 3, east)
Launch and Service Building (3 of 3, east)
Launch and Service Building (3 of 3, east)
Launch and Service Building (3 of 3, east)
Microwave Building
Remote Rate Antenna Building (1 of 2, southwest)
Remote Rate Antenna Building (1 of 2, southwest)
Remote Rate Antenna Building (2 of 2, northeast)
Location of former Bore Site Tower
Storage Building and Segregated Magazine
Storage Building
Segregated Magazine
Water Well Building (1 of 3, northwest)
Water Well Building (2 of 3, center)
Water Well Building (3 of 3, southeast)
Francis E. Warren AF Missile Site #6
Lagrange, Wyoming
I visited this site on 14 May 2011, after a previous visit in 2005.Vintage restricted area sign
Parking area
Missile entrance door
Missile entrance door
Topside features
Topside features
Topside features
Topside features
Topside features
Topside features
Topside features
Topside features
Missile exit door
Missile exit door
Missile exit door
Missile exit door
Exhaust door
Exhaust door
Exhaust door
Cable marker
Spray pond
Wind sock frame
Water system building
Fort Morgan State Armory
Fort Morgan, Colorado
40-15-13, 103-48-00
I stumbled on this one by chance while cruising through Fort Morgan on 25 January 2009.General view
Greeley POW Camp
Greeley, Colorado
I visited this site on 17 August 2014, in the company of my old pal Ron Plante. This camp held mostly German prisoners during WWII, and was declared surplus 1 December 1945. The gateposts, though original, have been relocated. They are still on the property of the former camp, at the southwest corner of the 291 acre site.General view of vintage gateposts
General view of vintage gateposts
Interpretive signage
Interpretive signage
Interpretive signage
Interpretive signage
Hendricks Field
Sebring, Florida
I revisited Hendricks Field in January 2011, adding a few new photos since my 2007 visit.Control tower
Control tower
Hangar
Lawton National Guard Armory
Lawton, Oklahoma
This armory complex is unusual, in that the three main buildings are constructed with roofs of thin-shell concrete. Architect Paul Harris designed the buildings, that were completed in 1955. The builder was Frederickson-Parks, of Oklahoma City. The main armory building has a 146-foot diameter dome as well as a conventional wing, and the vehicle maintenance and vehicle storage buildings have roofs of undulating barrel vaults that extend as walls to the ground. The complex was no longer in use at the time of my 27 April 2019 visit.Armory
Armory
Armory
Armory
Vehicle maintenance
Vehicle maintenance
Vehicle maintenance
Vehicle storage
Vehicle storage
Vehicle storage
Leadville Army Air Field
Leadville, Colorado
39-16-45, 106-19-44
This airfield supported activities at nearby Camp Hale. It was not built-up in typical WWII fashion that we expect to find of a designated "Army Air Field." Runways were unpaved, and supporting construction seems to have been minimal. I looked for the location based on information on the Airfields Database web site. I first viewed the area to the northwest, beyond a fence at the end of Aspen Drive. Then I looked to the southwest from U.S. Highway 24. The large, open area in the background was the site of the airfield. Visited 24 November 2011.General view
General view
Loveland State Armory
Loveland, Colorado
40-23-28, 105-04-25
This armory was built in 1926 by the State of Colorado Military Board. Visited 7 September 2008.Building entrance
General view
Dedication plaque
Malmstrom Recreation Annex
Montana
PIN 8106, ILC NZQB
48-46-49, 113-24-45
I visited this former recreation area on 5 September 2012. This annex supported Malmstrom AFB from sometime before 1967 until it was declared excess on 12 July 1994. It was disposed of by the USAF on 5 June 1997.General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
View of entrance looking onto property
View of entrance looking off property
Boat ramp
Boat ramp
Boat ramp
Facility 7
Facility 7 with adjacent tank
Building foundation
Building foundation
Electric poles
Tank adjacent to Facility 7
Camper hookups
Bench
Bench
Tripping hazard
McConnell AFB
Wichita, Kansas
PIN 1253, ILC PRQE
This base had its start as Wichita Municipal Airport in about 1930, and the AAF took over most of the airport for military use from 1942 to 1946. After that it returned to commercial use for a few years, before the Air Force activated it as McConnell AFB on 7 June 1951. The base has served continuously since then. My focus on this visit was the Kansas Aviation Museum, housed in the original Wichita Municipal Airport terminal building. The terminal is an Art Deco delight, constructed starting in 1929, with major additions in about 1942 and again in about 1947. The original control tower gained its present cab in 1940. Long after its service as a terminal and control tower the Air Force continued to use the structure (as facility #1) for administrative functions.General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
Detail
Detail
Detail
Interior
Interior
Interior
Interior
Mountain Home AF Missile Site #1
Bruneau, Idaho
PIN 7774
Visited 24 May 2009. Now a disposal facility, the original entry gate stands. Two concrete features are visible from outside the fence, especially from the higher ground east of the site.Security gate
Concrete feature
Concrete feature
General view
Mountain Home AF Missile Site #2
Oreana, Idaho
PIN 7775
Visited 24 May 2009. The Titan I silos and other features are blocked from view by this area of elevated earth.View of general area
View of general area
Mountain Home AF Missile Site #3
Orchard, Idaho
PIN 6882
Visited 24 May 2009. I didn't see any distinctive features from the gate of this site.Outer gate
View down access road
Oakland Naval Air Station
Oakland, California
I visited this site on 8 October 2017, when I noticed some historic Navy hangars across the road from Oakland airport's rental car center. A municipal airport was started here in 1927, and Naval Reserve use started a year later. Army use started in 1936 and continued through World War II. Municipal airport use continued throughout periods of military use. Navy use continued until 1961, and the property was disposed of in 1962.Building, possibly the pre-war municipal airport terminal
Building, possibly the pre-war municipal airport terminal
Hangar 2
Hangar
Hangar
Hangar 3
Hangar 4
Hangar 5
Hangar 5
Hangar, exterior cantilever
Hangar 8
Hangar 8
Hangar 8
Hangar 9
Hangar 9
Hangar 9
Pablo Communications Site GWEN 655
Montana
PIN SRQS
47-39-47, 114-06-53
A standard Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) relay node site with 299-foot tower, this one was also known by the name Ronan. This site was used by the USAF from the mid 1980s until it was declared excess on 27 August 1999. It was disposed of on 20 December 1999.Tower
Tower base and equipment building
Equipment shelters
Plant Park Center
Tampa, Florida
27-56-48, 82-27-47
The AAF leased 50 acres of Plant Park in May 1941, as a sub-base of MacDill Field. It served as a replacement center, and was sometimes called Plant Field. The lease was cancelled on 30 September 1945. I visited on 11 January 2014, thanks to research help from Mark Morgan.General view
General view
Cannon on display
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver, Colorado
39-50, 104-51
Built during WWII, this was a Chemical Warfare Service facility. Chemical weapons (mustard gas, napalm white phosphorus, sarin, etc.) were produced here until it closed in approximately 1992. Now the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, it was temporarily closed to visitors when I visited on 25 November 2007. I went back on 20 and 21 September 2008. The elevated water storage tanks seen a year ago had since been demolished. The current visitor center is said to be the former arsenal officers club. An electrical substation could be seen, also this farmhouse that pre-dates the arsenal, and two water system buildings. One ammunition storage igloo was visible from one of the roads. A vintage map displayed in the visitor center shows the former layout of the arsenal.Entrance
Traffic check house
Elevated water storage tank
Officers open mess
Electric substation
Farmhouse
Water system building
Building
Munition storage igloo
Historic map
Rulison Nuclear Test Site
Parachute, Colorado
39-24-19.28, 107-56-54.50
If you stumbled across this location and read "Site of the second nuclear gas stimulation experiment in the United States" on the marker, that might get your attention! Sure enough, a 40-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in 1969. This was an Atomic Energy Commission project under the Plowshare Program, not a military test. Still, students of the Cold War might be interested in it.General view
General view
General view
Interpretive sign
Interpretive sign
Plaque
Plaque
The Field Air Inspector
121 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado
During WWII, this Army Air Forces agency occupied office space here. If the local addresses have remained the same, that would be this building at the corner of the street. Formerly the Mining Exchange Building, this was a bank until recently. When I visited on 18 October 2009 it appeared to be under preparations for either remodeling or demolition.General view
General view
Closeup view
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colorado
PIN 5000, ILC XQPZ
On 13 March 2010 we visited the Academy to check out the visitor center and the chapel. On the drive in, we had a good distant view of the academic complex. From the Ackerman Overlook along I-25, you can see the USAFA airfield.General view
General view
General view
General view
General view
Cadet chapel
Airfield viewed from Ackerman Overlook
Airfield viewed from Ackerman Overlook
Control tower viewed from Ackerman Overlook
On 7 July 2017 I revisited the Academy for a guided tour of the cadet area.
General view
General view
General view
General view
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Cadet Chapel
Harmon Hall
Sijan Hall
Sijan Hall
Sijan Hall
Sijan Hall
Sijan Hall
Mitchell Hall
Mitchell Hall interior
Fairchild Hall (R) and McDermott Library (L)
Fairchild Hall interior, original coat and hat racks
McDermott Library, view from Harmon Hall
McDermott Library interior, staircase detail
McDermott Library interior, original table and chairs
Vandenberg Hall
Vandenberg Hall Updated January 26, 2025
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