Rantoul National Aviation Center, Rantoul, Illinois. County/parish: Champaign.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 14, 2006. NRIS 06000594.
40 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure. 1 contributing object.
Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois, about 130 miles (210 km) south of Chicago. Its primary mission throughout its existence was Air Force technical training. Chanute Field was established on 21 May 1917, being one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I.
The base was closed in 1993 and is currently being redeveloped for civilian uses.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891842