Wendover Airport (Former Wendover Air Force Base) (EDV/KEDV) (Wendover, Utah)

USA / Utah / Wendover / Wendover, Utah
 airport, military airbase, Second World War 1939-1945, military, aircraft hangar, closed / former military, historic landmark, United States Air Force
(IATA: EDV, ICAO: KEDV)

Wendover Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Utah now known as Wendover Airport. During World War II, it was a training base for B-17 and B-24 bomber crews before being deployed to the European and Pacific Theaters. It was also the training site of the 509th Composite Group, the B-29 unit which dropped the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs. In 2009, a hangar at the base dubbed The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar was listed as one of the most endangered historic sites in the U.S.

After the war, Wendover was used for training exercises, gunnery range and as a research facility. It was closed by the Air Force in 1969, and the base was given to Wendover City in 1977. Tooele County took over ownership of the airport and base buildings in 1998. A portion of the original bombing range is now the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) which is used extensively by the Air Force with live fire targets on the range.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendover_Airport
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Coordinates:   40°42'48"N   114°1'39"W

Comments

  • As of 2011, the Enola Gay / B-29 hanger was under advanced renovation. The sides and eves of the structure with new windows looked quite nice.
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