Tonopah Air Force Base
| Tonopah Air Force Base | |
|---|---|
| Part of Fourth Air Force | |
| Nye County, near Tonopah, Nevada | |
1944 Tonopah AAFld after a $3,000,000 project was completed for runways, new aprons, new water storage tanks, additional quarters and barracks, a new post exchange, supply buildings, crash stations, warehouses, operations buildings, a hangar, a school building, and range facilities. Most construction was complete by the beginning of November 1943.
World War II newspaper: Desert Bomber | |
| Site information | |
| Type | air base |
| Code | 2096585 (GNIS) NV99799F603300 (FFID) J09NV0969 (FUDS) |
| Controlled by | 413th Army Air Force Base Unit |
| Condition | municipal airport |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 38°03′19″N 117°05′19″W / 38.05528°N 117.08861°W |
| footnotes | |
Tonopah Air Force Base (Tonopah Army Air Field in World War II) is a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) in the USA that was a Tonopah Basin military installation until shortly after it was designated an Air Force Base in 1948. Two of the runways still in use are maintained by Nye County, Nevada; and World War II building foundations and three hangars of the base remain at the municipal Tonopah Airport.