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Lowry Air Force Base (Lowry Field from 1938–1948) is a former United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War. From 1955-1958, it served as the initial site of the U.S. Air Force Academy. It is a U.S. Formerly Used Defense Site (B08CO0505). [4]
When Denver's Lowry Air Force Base was placed on the 1991 BRAC list, area businesses and residents were worried. A major training center and the primary school for the Air Force's space flight ...
From 1937 to 1994 Lowry Air Force Base, located on the eastern edge of Denver, was primarily a technical training center.It graduated more than 1.1 million enlisted members and officers in skills ranging from armament to photography, aiding the country's war efforts in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
To get an idea of what's ahead for the bases slated to close, we've looked at two distinct cleanup cases: Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Me., and Lowry Air Force Base in Denver. Loring AFB ...
Lowry Missile Site No. 1 ("Lowry Air Force Missile Site" before being renamed in 1960) of 85.1 sq mi (220 km 2) included a large portion of the LBGR [1] and began in September 1958 with the start of construction prior to excavation [7] for the eventual 4 complexes (1 off of LBGR,--additional Site No. 2 also had a complex on the former range).
The Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) plans to close 20 military bases across the country by Sept. 15, 2011. Once a military facility closes, the ripple effect ...
Lowry Air Force Base: Denver: Colorado: 1994 Closed Lubbock Air Force Base: Lubbock: Texas: 1997 Closed Malden Air Base: Malden: Missouri: 1961 Closed Marana Air Base: Marana: Arizona: 1961 Closed Marks Air Force Base: Nome: Alaska: 1950 Closed Marshall Air Force Base: Fort Riley: Kansas: 1953 Realigned to the US Army as Marshall Army Airfield ...
Chapel No. 1 or Eisenhower Memorial Chapel is a historic chapel located at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, United States. Built in 1941, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] [2