Chanute Air Force Base
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Chanute Air Force Base was a major United States Air Force technical training center and airfield that operated in Rantoul, Illinois, from 1917 until its closure in 1993.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chanute Air Force Base canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force base
ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ |
| closureDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 748 feet ⓘ |
| endOfOperation | 1993 ⓘ |
| garrison |
United States Air Force personnel
ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
hangars
ⓘ
runways ⓘ training schools ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Chanute Air Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic district (portions) ⓘ |
| icaoLocationIdentifier | KCNT (post-closure civil use) ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Champaign County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Rantoul, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Octave Chanute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUnit | Chanute Technical Training Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ United States Army Air Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Air Training Command
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Technical Training, United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postClosureUse |
Rantoul National Aviation Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
educational facilities ⓘ industrial park ⓘ residential area ⓘ |
| previousName | Chanute Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startOfConstruction | 1917 ⓘ |
| startOfOperation | 1917 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Rantoul, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aircraft maintenance training
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aviation training ⓘ fire protection training ⓘ missile maintenance training ⓘ technical training ⓘ weather training ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.