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Plattsburgh Air Force Base was designated as one of four major Atlas launching systems in the U.S., [4] the only ICBM missile system deployed east of the Mississippi River. [ 2 ] During the period 1961 and 1963, 12 Atlas-F missile sites were constructed within a 50-mile radius of the base, thus giving the 380th the capability to launch 12 missiles.
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, Plattsburgh Barracks hosted the massive 1st United States Army maneuvers, a huge pre-War training operation involving aircraft, tanks, and roughly 20,000 soldiers. The barracks was last used as offices and then apartments for Air Force personnel at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in the late 1950s. Following the ...
United States Oval Historic District is a national historic district located on Plattsburgh Air Force Base at Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York.The district includes 26 contributing buildings and one contributing structure.
Redesignated as McCoy Air Force Base: Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Plattsburgh: New York: 1995 Closed Pocatello Air Force Base: Pocatello: Idaho: 1948 Closed Point Spencer Air Force Base: Seward: Alaska: 1948 Closed Pope Air Force Base: Fayetteville: North Carolina: 2011 Realigned to the US Army as Pope Field [16] Portsmouth Air Force Base ...
Rhode Island Ave., Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Plattsburgh: Now converted into a microbrewery, meeting place and bed and breakfast under the name "Valcour Brewing Company" 32: Palmer Brook Bridge: Palmer Brook Bridge: November 12, 1999
Aug. 19—PLATTSBURGH — It's early June 1993. The economy looks promising. Plattsburgh Air Force Base is slated for expansion. Life is good. Local Plattsburgh couple Ed and Janice Freer also ...
Oct. 21—PLATTSBURGH — Many wheel or walk past the Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel and appreciate its timeless beauty. Its history is revealed as the Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA ...
Plattsburgh International Airport uses the runway of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, which closed in 1995. The airport terminal was completed in February 2007 with the building being dedicated on April 27, 2007.