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Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States. Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2 , the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel ...
- 108 acres (44 ha)
- 1917–1961
- 1917
- Roughly Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Ellington Ave., East & West Rds., Garden City, New York
Between the wars Mitchel was the Armies premier air corps base, somewhat of a military Country Club atmosphere with fine housing, clubs, pools, polo fields and tree-lined streets. It became home to several observation, fighter and bombardment groups and it hosted the 1920 and 1925 National Air Races. The 1920 Pulitzer Race saw Major C. S ...
23. Aug. 2023 · Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempsterad Plains of Long Island, New York, United States. Established in 1917 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2, the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel ...
It is located on land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which, together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other airfields on the Hempstead Plains, was the site of many historic flights. So many seminal flights had occurred in the area that, by the mid-1920s, the cluster of airfields was already dubbed the "Cradle of Aviation", [1 ...
Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States. Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2, the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who was killed ...
October 28, 2023 9:47:51 AM EDT. This folder contains material pertaining to the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Formats include maps, publications, notes, correspondence, reports on the disposition process, and press releases.
May 4, 2018. Mitchel Air Force Base also known as Mitchel Field was a United States Air Force base. It is located on Long Island, New York. The base was active since the American Revolution. It was used during World War I and II.
