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Naval Air Station Albany (Turner Field) is a former United States Navy station whose site is located within the current city limits of Albany, Georgia. From 1940 to 1967, it was operated by the United States Army and USAF, finally under the name Turner Air Force Base. Following its closure it was transferred to the U.S. Navy and renamed NAS Albany. It continued to serve as an active USN installation until its closure in July 1974.〔("The Military at Turner Field," turnerfield-miller.com ), accessed 26 August 2013.〕 Most of the site was taken over as a brewery from 1978. ==Origins== In the summer of 1940, Army Air Corps personnel from Maxwell Army Air Field in Montgomery, Alabama contacted the Albany Chamber of Commerce about the possibility of locating a training base at their community with the stipulation that the local government purchase the property. Anticipating the economic benefit to the area, the local government accepted the proposal. The Air Corps looked at several sites including the existing Albany Municipal Airport. The municipal airport eventually became the site of a primary Contract Pilot School (Albany Army Airfield). The Air Corps finally settled on a site four miles (6 km) northeast of town in Dougherty County. The Chamber of Commerce raised $95,000 to purchase over for the main base and four auxiliary fields in Lee County. When the Army indicated it desired an additional for the main base, the City purchased the property outright. All of the land was then leased to the Air Corps for $1 a year with a 99-year option. Construction got under way on 25 March 1941 for the new training airfield. The immediate construction involved runways and airplane hangars, with three concrete runways, several taxiways and a large parking apron and a control tower. Several large hangars were also constructed. Buildings were ultimately utilitarian and quickly assembled. Most base buildings, not meant for long-term use, were constructed of temporary or semi-permanent materials. Although some hangars had steel frames and the occasional brick or tile brick building could be seen, most support buildings sat on concrete foundations but were of frame construction clad in little more than plywood and tarpaper. Initially named the Albany Army Airfield, the base became Turner Army Airfield on 21 July 1941, in honor of Georgia native Lt. Sullivan Preston Turner, killed the year before as a result of a mid-air collision. It was activated on 12 August, although the base was far from complete. In addition to the main base, Turner AAF had the following satellite airfields: * Turner AAF Aux No. 1 – (Leesburg Field), Leesburg, Georgia * Turner AAF Aux No. 2 (West Smithville Field), Smithville, Georgia * Turner AAF Aux No. 3 – (West Leesburg Field), Leesburg, Georgia, * Turner AAF Aux No. 4 – (Albany Army Airfield), Albany, Georgia * Turner AAF Aux No. 5 – Turf field in the Albany, Georgia area, exact location unknown. * Turner AAF Aux No. 6 – (North Smithville Field), Smithville, Georgia * Turner AAF Aux No. 7 – (Cordele Army Airfield), Cordele, Georgia * Turner AAF Aux No. 8 – (Vidalia-Lyons Field), Vidalia, Georgia * Turner AAF Aux No. 9 – (Tifton Army Airfield), Tifton, Georgia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naval Air Station Albany」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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