Mitchel Air Force Base

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former United States Air Force base

Mitchel Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation on Long Island, New York, that played a significant role in military aviation training and operations during the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Mitchel Air Force Base canonical 1
Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, New York, United States 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States Air Force base ⓘ
closed 1961 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
function air defense operations ⓘ
military aviation training ⓘ
tactical air operations ⓘ
garrison Air Defense Command units ⓘ
Eastern Defense Command units ⓘ
First Air Force ⓘ
Tactical Air Command units ⓘ
hasHeritage site of Cradle of Aviation Museum exhibits ⓘ
hasPreviousName Camp Mitchel ⓘ
Mitchel Field complex ⓘ
surface form: Mitchel Field
locatedIn Hempstead Plains ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
Nassau County, New York ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Town of Hempstead ⓘ
surface form: Town of Hempstead, New York
locatedInTime 20th century ⓘ
locatedNear Garden City, New York ⓘ
Hempstead, New York ⓘ
Mineola, New York ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
namedAfter John Purroy Mitchel ⓘ
nearFacility Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Roosevelt Field (former airfield)
nearTransport Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
notableFor air defense of the northeastern United States ⓘ
early military aviation on Long Island ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ
opened 1917 ⓘ
operatedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Service ⓘ
postClosureUse Cradle of Aviation Museum ⓘ
surface form: Cradle of Aviation Museum site

Mitchel Field complex ⓘ
surface form: Mitchel Field athletic complex

Nassau Community College campus ⓘ
residential and commercial development ⓘ
runwaySurface paved ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
timezone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usedDuringConflict Cold War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Mitchel Field complex → hasPart → Mitchel Air Force Base ⓘ
William Fichtner → placeOfBirth → Mitchel Air Force Base ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, New York, United States