George AFB/SoCal Logistics Airport, KVCV

[MikeD]

Spent a couple of days working out of here. Still remember when this was the largest F-4 Phantom base in the USAF. Selected in the first BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) round in 1988. George AFB shut down on 1 December 1992. Currently SoCal Logistics airport, it’s the site for mostly aircraft storage, repair and scrapping, with many aircraft from many airlines, mostly Fedex, SWA, and Delta, in attendance. A few movies filmed there such as the opening of Face Off.

The base side of the airfield is an abandoned ghost town mostly, kind of creepy to walk around as the sun is setting...

Photos by me below:

1. Abandoned base theatre.
2. Abandoned base housing
3. Former Wing HQ, abandoned
4. ATC tower and adjacent CFR station
5. Abandoned enlisted dorms
6. Historical plaque on the final years of the base
7. Abandoned Airfield Operations building
8. Former 27th Tac Air Support Squadron bldg
9. F-4 Phantom ground school academics bldg

 

[MikeD]

Air Defense Alert Facility, two hangars on each side of a two-story alert building in the center that contains full living facilities, etc. Much like a fire station but with armed fighter jets. I remember when the California Air Guard out of Fresno used to man this facility with 4 F-16A/ADF fighters on 24/7 alert back in the day,

 

[MikeD]

The only remaining static display aircraft at VCV, F-4C 63-7519, complete with 2 x (inert) AGM-78 Standard ARM missiles. Back in the day, on the HQ circle with the Wing building was, there was an C-100F Super Sabre, and F-105G Thunderchief, and an F-104 Starfighter also on display, but these were moved to other locations when the base closed, with only the F-4C being left behind.

 

[MikeD]

SWA 737 MAX8 jets in storage.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Those housing bungalows look similar to the ones outside of Willie.

 

[MikeD]

Those housing bungalows look similar to the ones outside of Willie.

Those were standard enlisted/NCO family housing units at most bases. Then, in the late 80s, they all got that brown/tan color, along with base buildings.

 

[Plata]

In the fourth Phantom photo do I see a tail hook?

 

[MikeD]

In the fourth Phantom photo do I see a tail hook?

Yes. Same F-4C. All F-4s do have tailhooks.

 

[NovemberEcho]

In the fourth Phantom photo do I see a tail hook?

Most AF fighters have tailhooks to catch the BAK1A arresting system that gets strung over the runway if needed during an emergency