Chanute AFB

[bruiser]

Any of you former/current USAF remember or took training at Chanute AFB? There were several tech schools there. I was at the Jet Engine school there. If you did, you must remember White Hall.

 

[sddinnh]

I did my first 7 years in the Air Force. I was at Chanute in early 1966 for training in Aircraft Hydraulics. I remember it being d@#$ cold out on that flight line, even by my standards.

 

[Jeriatric]

Similar to how they have been treating vets - no joke

I know....there I go again with the Unpoular facts.

White hall was first class digs back then. We resided in the WWll open bay barracks. Only single bunk room belonged to the barracks Yellow Rope. Was it me....I'll never tell. :roflblack:


Bruiser....Thanks for the post. Near 50 year old memorys for many of us.

 

[Plyrod38]

Sad, I did my service in Naval Aviation, but I can still relate, especially as I saw the Forrestal and now the Saratoga going to the scrapper.

 

[Chupaca]

Thanks..!!

great video. Sorry to see such places slowly dissappear like that...

 

[Oldmanzues]

It is sad to things abanded like this. I was never stationed there. My son was and I will forward it to him.
Over at the USAF Museum (Dayton, Ohio), there are some aircraft "hulks", beyond any hope of restoration. Usually not in public eyes
Oldmanzues

 

[Lin]

Yeah, I went through my training as a Fabric and Rubber Products Specialist there in the winter of '76 - '77. That was the coldest weather I've ever experienced. It is sad to see just how the reduction of the military/government machine has been accomplished. Pure abandonment.

 

[Dudley]

I was there for Ground Power School, 60th Squadron, 1962. I visited the museum in October 2012 with my wife and son and saw the White Hall. It still stands tall, defiant to the elements, but aging as we all do. Seems like everything else is gone. The winter of that year we had temperatures of -24 F.

 

[crw8781]

I was there in 1979 and 1985 for Aircraft Fuel System mechanic. I will never forget how cold it gets there!

 

[bruiser]

Jerbear, you mean these?

We were restricted from using the ladder or the platform as they were deemed unsafe. Anyone caught out there was severely reprimanded. We hung an effigy of our "rope" out there only because we couldn't hang him. He was a real ahole. The last night there we gave him a blanket party. Most of the flight was detained the next morning, but since he couldn't identify anyone, we, I mean the flight were all released to catch our planes. Fortunately, I was there in the summer.

 

[WARWAGON]

I was born there. Dad was hydraulic instructor there back 1957.

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[bruiser]

Anybody remember the Pizza Pop man? Cold pizza hot pop :roflblack:. Most of them were instructors or retirees. They had coolers and hot boxes in the trunk and they would go through the dorm areas yelling "Pizza pop cold pop hot pizza". You could get a small pizza and a canned soft drink for $3.00.

I dated a girl from Springfield. Met her at the USO. Her parents were really nice. Her brother hated GI's. Anyway, I got orders to New Mexico. Shortly after I got there I got a package in the mail. It was my ring. Nothing else, just the ring. I was one happy camper.

 

[Spyder_Cowgirl]

Hurts to See Stuff Like This

So sad! Brings tears to my eyes .... father was in the Army Air Corps, don't know if he was ever stationed at Chanute. To me, the treatment of our aging / older military facilities like this is a travesty -- to just abandon such a proud structure where so much good was done and so many things were learned is JUST PLAIN WRONG! How did this happen? My fear is, as was pointed out about the Forrestal and Saratoga, that this is not the only instance of such abandonment.

Thanks for sharing, I know it must have been difficult for you to watch as well .... Best Regards .... Ann

 

[Dudley]

Anybody remember the Pizza Pop man? Cold pizza hot pop :roflblack:. Most of them were instructors or retirees. They had coolers and hot boxes in the trunk and they would go through the dorm areas yelling "Pizza pop cold pop hot pizza". You could get a small pizza and a canned soft drink for $3.00.

I dated a girl from Springfield. Met her at the USO. Her parents were really nice. Her brother hated GI's. Anyway, I got orders to New Mexico. Shortly after I got there I got a package in the mail. It was my ring. Nothing else, just the ring. I was one happy camper.

I bought many a pizza on the weekends. A little warm and a lot greasy! But man it was tasty I had no car, (E1) just out of basic, so never went anywhere.

 

[Dan McNally]

I went to technical school at Chanute in 1967, to become a Titan II Propellant Transfer Specialist . . . our classroom was out at the old engine test cells . . . fond memories of the place where we raced slot cars, just outside the main gate . . . and of a really crazy weekend when a bunch of us hitchhiked to Chicago and back . . .

 

[Jeriatric]

Remember when....

Jerbear, you mean these?

View attachment 87945 We were restricted from hanging on the ladder or the platform as they were deemed unsafe. Anyone caught out there was severely reprimanded. We hung an effigy of our "rope" out there only because we couldn't hang him. He was a real ahole. The last night there we gave him a blanket party. Most of the flight was detained the next morning, but since he couldn't identify anyone, we, I mean the flight were all released to catch our planes. Fortunately, I was there in the summer.

Yeppers, but ours were single story. 47TH squadron - Sgt Coffee, Hooten, & McFadden were our TI's....Nov 66 through April 67. Left with 2 afsc's. One for aircraft and the other for minuteman, bomark & titan missiles

Anybody remember the Pizza Pop man? Cold pizza hot pop :roflblack:. Most of them were instructors or retirees. They had coolers and hot boxes in the trunk and they would go through the dorm areas yelling "Pizza pop cold pop hot pizza". You could get a small pizza and a canned soft drink for $3.00.

I dated a girl from Springfield. Met her at the USO. Her parents were really nice. Her brother hated GI's. Anyway, I got orders to New Mexico. Shortly after I got there I got a package in the mail. It was my ring. Nothing else, just the ring. I was one happy camper.

I remember p pop now....it's been a long time....

Fast times a Chanute.....
One word....Shambana. Formed fron the name of two towns. One, has/had a college. Think GIRLS :roflblack:

As for the COLD.....there's more than one story I could share....but I'll spare you all.

Thanks for the memories :thumbup::doorag: