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The runways and remainder of the Alameda Naval Air Station can be seen at the end of Alameda Island in this aerial view of the port of Oakland, California. Aerial view with Port of Oakland and the bay. After the base closed on 25 April 1997, USS Hornet was given to the former air station to be used as a museum ship, the USS Hornet Museum.
In 1993, following a Base Realignment and Closure commission decision, it was announced that Naval Air Station Alameda would be shut down. [1] In anticipation of the closure, Barbara Baack and Marilyn York, former WAVES, opened the museum in the 118,000 sq ft (11,000 m 2) Hangar 41 in 1995. However, the poor condition of the hangar and a lack ...
Pages in category "Closed installations of the United States Navy" ... Naval Air Station Alameda; Naval Air Station Albany; Naval Air Station Bermuda;
(KRON) — A small plane made an emergency landing Friday morning at an old, abandoned runway at the decommissioned Alameda Naval Air Station, KRON4.com has confirmed. According to the Alameda ...
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) [1] [2] was a process [3] by a United States federal government commission [4] to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War.
The Naval Hospital opened in 1941 to serve World War II troops and their families. The main building was 150,000 square feet with three stories. The hospital was maintained as a state-of-the-art hospital until it closed in 1975. The hospital was near to and supported Naval Air Station Alameda. Alameda Naval Hospital also had a dental unit that ...
Major facilities slated for closure included: [2] Camp Evans; Fort Wingate; Griffiss Air Force Base; Homestead Air Force Base (subsequently realigned as Homestead Air Reserve Base)
The captain of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that slammed into a ship near Egypt last week was yanked from the position “due to a loss of confidence in his ability,” the US Navy said ...