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Naval Air Station Livermore

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Livermore Naval Air Station was a United States Navy military facility located in Livermore, California.

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History

This station was built in 1942 four miles east of Livermore to relieve overcrowding of the naval air facilities at Naval Air Station Oakland. The primary mission of the base was to train pilots. On 5 January 1951, the Bureau of Yards and Docks, U.S. Navy, formally transferred the former NAS Livermore in its entirety to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for use by the University of California's Radiation Laboratory. Although the Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration, was informed that the facility was surplus, documentation supports the direct transfer of the former NAS Livermore from the U.S. Navy to the Atomic Energy Commission and redeveloped into the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Outlying fields

NAS Livermore had the following outlying fields (OLFs) during the war:

  • Abel Field
  • Brown-Fabian Airport
  • Cope Field
  • Gelderman Airport
  • Heath Airport
  • Linderman Airport
  • Livermore Airport
  • May's School Field
  • Rita Butterworth Airport
  • Spring Valley Airport
  • Wagoner Airport
  • References

    Naval Air Station Livermore Wikipedia