UE - Abandoned US Air Force Base

[@emilia123zz]

You're my favourtie urban explorer. You just get it done, with great quality. The intro is great with no annoying song, with very little to no speaking which is fine, some of them explain every last detail! Perfect, in my opinion the best way!!!

[@davidharris4550]

I totally agree!,, some of the others describes every lil thing that is so obvious, look a chair, oh a cereal bowl oh a squirrel!, thank u Captain Obvious!! not to mention calling an item something that it's Not!,,if u don't know what it is 4sure then dont put a name to it as it just makes u n ur videos stupid!!,, like ur style so thx 4 ur vids, u got new sub!

[@CaptainObviousfockin1v1megapil]

+david harris no problem dude

[@michaelshea8957]

Lived in the Dorm in 1990. Pulled CQ duty at the front desk. I may have played pool on that table.......we all bought pool sticks trying to look like we knew what we were doing. It was fun.

[@zaneyone1]

Once I saw WHITE HALL, I knew it was Chanute AFB. I tried to recognize the dorms you were exploring but I haven't been there since 1980 and I cannot remember the name of the hall I lived in for Jet Engine Mechanic. Thanks for sharing though.

[@faulltw]

I was stationed there from 1989 to 1994. One of my co-workers put the lock on the gate as left. We were both moved to Little Rock AFB.

[@toddsicola2385]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. FAktor hall was where I resided during my AF specialty training. The "no admittance" sign is the door I entered every time I came into the building. I remember the mural on the wall with AGE and all the other careers that were there. Mine was AGE. It looks just like it did when I left in 1989. Albeit a little worse for wear.

[@DVincentW]

Oh the rotary dial... how far we have come. @2:33 appears to be a meeting set up. AA N.A maybe a Veterans group ect. No shortage of chairs- in the Chair Force. j/k .. The stairs are set to Air Craft Carrier dimensions for obvious reasons. Faktor Hall. (Leland Dale Faktor: 17003211, Corporal. Engineer-Gunner Crew 3. ... Faktor Hall, Chanute Air Force Base, IL dedicated on May 20, 1978.) I like it when explorers talk about relevant guesses they have while going through a place. The kitchen is a hell, good you were careful.

[@melsunday1991]

Great camera work dude. Nice, steady, slow pans and captures everything.

[@danduryea3975]

I attended technical school here September to November '83. White Hall (Part 2) was, until the base closed, the second largest building in the US Department of Defense. Disappointing to see the buildings in this state. Thanks very much for bringing back long forgotten memories.

[@RetroMMA]

As a Military member, the barracks are quite shocking; to think that perhaps thousands had milled about the building and it is as seen now. If you had military experience, you could have made the commentary far more poignant. All the same, thanks for letting us be looky-loos. :)

[@ramairgto72]

+RetroMMA It's funny how things don't change much. That kitchen triggered some KP memories.

[@RetroMMA]

ramairgto72 Indeed.

[@lyleanderson8160]

I was stationed there in the winter of Feb to spring 73.My father actually was discharged from AAC in 1945 from Chanute I lived in the ww2 barracks at 1st arrival maybe same barracks .Agent Orange was sprayed there 62-64 by a Michel Glasser who's a 100% disabled vet.

[@patrickl644]

Kept waiting for the Silent Hill alarm to ring out.

[@julianhanson6381]

This guy just explores these places alone? He's so cool!!!

[@ramairgto72]

All I could catch from the wall where USAF Medal Of Honor recipients were these two. MSgt. Henry E. Erwin Sgt. John L. Levitow

[@redvivid]

the chalkboard says "im going to stop following my dreams and just ask'em where they're going and hook up with them later"... My guessing is another explorer wrote that.

[@jimgreene68]

Faktor Hall, I spent many a day and night in that building in the late 80"s. The mess hall was the best.

[@zaneyone1]

Our mess hall was being remodeled for the Jet Engine Mechanics. We ate at the Firemen chow hall and it was the best chow hall I ever ate at. Was that WHITE HALL? I am having trouble remembering. I was there in 1980

[@FantaZ4U]

I grew up near a closed miitary hospital we explored often as a kid. It was full of usable items, stored equipment and surplus supplies. Parts of it were modified and used as low cost housing for college students for a while and much of the specialty areas were used by the local college for many years. Tennis courts, Golf courses a a pool complex were saved.. I played my first handball and saw my first live theater play there. Eventually repair cost were not funded and the last parts were blown up in a Holiywood movie named "Hooper" and the land was converted to a shopping mall. As a kid we had some areas we used as a "Club house" until we were boarded out, and some portions were stored in sections of land nearby. So we had plenty of secret hideouts as kids. There was not much structural issues with the building, just years of no maintenance. It had post offices and clinics inside to serve the military and we played Hospital in them. I always thought it was such a waste to have strong buildings that could have been used for more than storage, but to help people make low cost homes. Since this was in the middle of the city, it was an eye sore and not practical for that use. But this place appears to me a perfect location for a "Back to work" program for the fortunate, or for training location for unskilled workers to renovate. They could teach restoration and maintenance trades making one area livable again, and continue restoring the more difficult areas back to a usable housing complex. That area around the central courtyard I could see an indoor/ outdoor running track. The cafeteria he found could be a low cost restaurant for residents. That could be a training for food service trades and make some income if they did a good job by opening the lobby area as a very unique and safe restaurant to the public market. They could clean up the courtyard for a secure sports venue. All this time, the unskilled labor could have training in restoration, facilities maintenance, Food service and restaurant management , seems they have plenty of classroom space. This way the community has some value and people needing skills can have a home and school with everything they need in one place. Our hospital had a laundry and all the things a micro community would have that relate to returning to independent life. And the nearest community would have a trade school for those needing a new life. Or even a minimum security half way house before prisoners are released into the society. In one of my previous jobs, I trained medical device operators on diagnostic systems. Many times I had to teach in prison clinics and many had inmates learning skills. This would be a perfect place and the first lessons/classes would be renovation and maintenance skills, or hazardous waste removal. I'd rather see tax dollars buying clean up and repair supplies and hiring local skilled instructors than paying for prison cells and guards for non violent offenders. A nearby prison had craft sales and prisoners could sell their work for an income. I still have a leather wallet 50 years old I bought there when my dad took me to craft day. Can still see in my mind how proud the ward of the state was to make a sale to a kid with his dad. This place still looks like it has tremendous potential. Just a refinement of funds and a leader is the need. Now I'm in Atlanta and a famous actor is converting a closed base into a movie production studio. So not a rotting dead property and they are calling for all trades in the local news. Not just actors and extras. They need all jobs there form local painters, plumbers, HVAC, even vehicle mechanics. Combine this property with a training program would be a perfect use and workshop to decrease the prison population by secondary training sites. IF good enough management was used, they could make money by allowing the start up of multiple internal businesses with the goal of trade and startup business by their release date. First year of operation, convert the internal courtyard into a space for public fitness, covered running tracks and housing for the first class of residents learning to operate and manage a public venue, Construction crews will begin exterior renovations and additional resident areas for new trade schools and additional workshops. Electronics training could develop safe secure environments, Open a drive through coffee bar to the public to fund new projects! Office space for probation officers too! Open some areas for special housing for low income graduates from the facility too! The "Penthouse" level that could drive a leadership counsel there that would steer the future of the community and manage the budget. I could continue forever but this place does have incredible potential and could contribute to the local community many ways. More buck from our tax dollars is one! Make it run like a profitable business and half way house. Just don't let a Democrat control it ! Make it build a work force to attract new business not a cheap hotel for ex convicts. They work or go back to prison. They go to classes and pass, and they acclimate to a safe community with a trade, or .....

[@FloridaUrbanX]

Great explore and very big. Thanks for the tour..

[@aaronstone3392]

INURBEX:We call that Snot Sickles.It's where corrosion builds up & falls to the ground.Very similar to what you see in caves called stalactites.This place is massive & looks more like an Insane Asylum than Air Force Base.Excellent Video.I highly recommend buying a CN-160 LED light(s).(eBay) There cheap,universal battery powered,camera mounts,lightweight & very bright depending on what color lens you use.You won't be disappointed in them.

[@sarahblack1632]

A lot of people in need and so many empty places in need of people. Great video. Thanks.

[@AbandonedSteve]

awesome job on this. Very cool place to explore. Thanks for sharing this

[@kingbee1500]

When did Chanute AFB close? A wall mural at 22:06 shows "Air Combat Command," the name (after the 1992 USAF reorganization) of my old command, Tactical Air Command (TAC). Must have been a tenant command...the Chanute base resident command was Air Education and Training Command (AETC, former ATC until 1992).

[@faulltw]

+King Bee 1994

[@JustDaveM]

King Bee closed the summer if 1993

[@shynsly01]

Abandoned for who knows how many years, and STILL nicer than most of the Army barracks I had to live in. Awesome video's... sub'd.

[@JCWinner]

Could also repair the places like this and house the homeless vets... Not stating this place would work.. but I am sure there are some that could be fixed up and used again.

[@richardlong3745]

Spend a year of my life there from Feb, of 1966 to Feb, of 1967 and when I left it was good news for it was a new beginning in my young life but now looking at how deplorable these building have fallen into where I learned and met so many other young airmen it brings a kind of searing sadden in my soul how insignificant my time spent there was. Were fading fast into history just like are WW-2 dads. If fact both my two grandfathers were both WW-1 veterans and which the last American vet did in late 2011.

[@PeteStean]

That looks like a courtroom at 5:25

[@dougp2534]

Its amazing how they just leave all this stuff here. Way to go Government.

[@ups-pn3ph]

Interesting is the airstrip still active? It looked like the REILS (Runway end identifier lights) on the runway were still flashing.

[@Xbman98]

17:40 that cup design on the floor is so nostalgic

[@VIPERMANAGER]

You should of explored the planes and the hangers! Would love to see whats inside!

[@Bluenose352]

Look up Chanute Air Museum. You'll see what's inside the hangars and see quite a few of the planes.

[@webbhastings1451]

Tx, nice vid. Must have been weird walking around in that dark, damp place. Massive waste.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Great vid, everything in a differend state of decay i love it.

[@RubberChickenFilms]

Wow, I've seen a lot of Chanute videos, but never anything with furniture and stuff. Cool stuff. They just closed the Air Museum at the beginning of this year.

[@marswright9045]

that abandoned air force base is so cool funny that bird never goes away

[@jrizle86]

Damn that second place looks amazing very grimy , if give anything to go there for a day and get some good Urbex pics . Awesome videos always love watching these ✌🏼️

[@scotth9857]

Fascinating stuff! Thanks for posting! Amazing so much was left in those buildings, vs. being sold as surplus.

[@hannahkierse2831]

At 00:38 there is a humanoid/alien type thing in the doorway at the back. Did anyone else see it?

[@ryanurbanski7154]

Yes it actually scared me.

[@readyforsummer660]

+Ryan Urbanski it was the devil and he cursed you

[@richardfowler3254]

It was some fun graffiti in my opinion.

[@combatunion1884]

Hannah Kierse. I have been I that hallway. It is a spray painted alien

[@Coconutsales]

4:35 "I'm going to stop following my dreams and just ask 'em where they're going and hook up with 'em." 8:10 looked like that one location from Marble Hornets. Spooky. 10:56 Yeah, just mineral drippings from the slowly dripping water.

[@buster4236]

The building you videoed starting at 7:45 is almost gone. Shortly after you videoed this building, a civilian contractor started demolishing. As of today 27-Feb-16 the front wall you started filming, is the only part of the building left standing.

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

Just a passing thought. Depending on when the place was built it is very posable the ceiling panels are asbestos. You never know on something closed in the 90's. Cool video.

[@richardfowler3254]

Those ceiling tiles wont hurt you unless you start moving them around. We have asbestos all around us still. Again it wont hurt unless the fibers become airborne.

[@cadenbrown7370]

My dad used to work there for Lincolns challenge and saw all these buildings. He started in 1995.

[@ludacris257]

I know where the base is at, I was wondering, was it hard to get into?

[@87nasupra]

Pretty awesome place. Love your videos. I need to get out and do some of my own.

[@jakefoley9539]

What is that white stuff that was dripping from the ceiling? I see that stuff in almost every abandoned building I go in and I always keep my distance but I really have no idea what it is.

[@abandonedsc4261]

Very cool it's amazing how some parts are in such bad shape and others are in good shape considering how long it's been closed. Great job.

[@gilroylibbs2947]

AbandonedSC Part of it was "remodeled" by DOD.. prior to it being decommissioned.... FED GOV efficiency.. LOL!

[@abandonedsc4261]

Yes that's true. If contracts were made before it was determined the base was closing those contracts still have to be honored That's why this happens sometimes.

[@bertThugh2]

+AbandonedSC : With our money.

[@kills456]

+bertThugh2 The money has already been alocated to that as in contract. So when a bid is out our and work is requested the money is then allocated to be only used for that meaning the money has to be used. So just as it is important for the contractor to hold his end the government must uphold that end

[@gilroylibbs2947]

Ernest Hughes "has to be used" my azz.. THAT is one of the big FKUPS we've ALLOWED DC to get away with.. "Business as usual"...time we reigned the BS in.

[@josemoreno3334]

I was there TDY back in 1991 repairing some wet telephone cables. I was with the 1849th E.I.S. from McClellan AFB, CA. ( Now Closed ) . History Lost.

[@mrraspoetin]

nice video but it would be nice if you could give us some more background information of the buildings you visit.

[@LT-DANS-LEGS769-YT]

was there any airraid sirens while you were there

[@rivernielsen2577]

Good job man, keep doing what your doing, watch the birds man.

[@JAYZIGGY5]

lucky you did this when you did. I'm outside white hall right now as they are tearing it down.

[@kevinfavron]

I wish not to explain every detail but give a synopsis on the base location what it was used for history is awesome and I would love to know more about our past even recent

[@gilroylibbs2947]

That's the "limestone" leaching from the concrete as it breaks down and deteriorates.....

[@dusterdude238]

What is that Outside the glass door at 00:36 -00:38 ? Yikes "The aliens Among Us"

[@wjroberts913]

Many of the places on the video I have actually either stood, sat, or slept in. Amazingly sad, really. Was stationed there twice, once as a trainee and once as an instructor.

[@motherearth5462]

I would so be looking for Underground Bunkers!

[@motherearth5462]

Darn....

[@ajc414]

awesome video! thanks for posting....

[@mikewilliam5315]

What state is this in? The reason it may be abandoned, is because of lead, asbestos and other toxic materials. The cost to mitigate / clean the property could be in the multi millions.

[@MrJoshuaAtwood]

Yes, you are exactly right. I'm glad someone on here has sense enough to know that. Every bleeding heart liberal on here can't stop talking about how homeless people should live here. It's toxic you idiots!

[@rwilly]

Yeah there is no way a single security guard would find you inside White Hall. That place is like a maze. Nice video.

[@okwhatever2995]

interesting, and white hall looks dangerous

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

Where/ What is this? Lead paint. I wouldn't even walk in there without disposable boots, and a face mask. I keep wanting some scary alien lunatic to scare the hell out of you : )Seriously though, I wouldn't go into a place like that without being armed.

[@TehMagilla]

10:26 - And not just any glass. They are CAUTION glass!

[@HighlanderNorth1]

I think you'll be seeing a LOT more abandoned US military bases and sites now. Under the current president, the military has been shrunk to the lowest levels since WW2, at the very time we are shrinking our military, the rogue nations of the world are becoming more rogue! Cause and effect I'd say.... another subject you may consider for future videos would be one or more of the many US warships that are being taken out of commission now. In fact, we are losing an entire class of large warships, the frigates. So there should be quite a few Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates sitting in bases now. That means our fleet will have even less protection at a time when our potential enemies are producing ever more effective anti-ship missiles and mines and torpedoes.

[@DubKustomz]

WOW thats a Huge Massive Base

[@AbandonedUK]

Love those long corridors that seem to go on forever. The rain was like tears of sadness for almost a 100 years of past memories etched within those walls.

[@jamiesmith1959]

Sone of the buildings at the old base in Rantoul Il had been torn down and had a lot of abestos

[@MrJoshuaAtwood]

+nah dude there is no national quarr working at chanute, what the fuck are you talking about

[@MrJoshuaAtwood]

+nah huh?

[@reggielongoria1848]

I went to tech school here, back in the Spring to Summer of 85.

[@jamesnizinski]

All that white stuff from the ceiling and on the floor is probably asbestos haha

[@cmscms123456]

HEY… I saw the phone that I called the Veterans service office, Im still on hold… wtf

[@raymondnoya5653]

I wouldn't want to be there alone.

[@a4s2reckonwith]

What base was this? I'm just about to part 2

[@joemac1313]

23:26 Looks like my Dorm when I was stationed there in 1986.

[@markduncan6690]

It's about time to get yourself out of there!!!

[@normanbuffett4642]

this base is massive, what was it used for?

[@kylieannfugate103]

It was an air force training base. It's been closed since '93 with White Hall (the largest building) being torn down about two years ago. Most of the original buildings are there, but aren't occupied. Some have sat vacant since the base closed. If you were to look at it today compared to what it looked like back in '93, there's a large and saddening change.

[@MystoRobot]

Welcome to The Last Of Us

[@JCWinner]

Notice that somehow the grass is still being cutt?

[@JohnKeatingIII]

I was born in that hospital 46 years ago yesterday...

[@markduncan6690]

How do people get into these places long enough to trash the place!!!

[@CrazyRockstar123456]

Why is it in different parts?

[@2kwik4u2c]

cool vid

[@bertThugh2]

BackyardExploration: Why don't you open a window for the birds to get out? They are desperately trying to get out! They are not stupid. They don't know that nearly every window has glass in it. if they did not try, they would fail sooner. Soon they will become too weak from starvation, & die. I guess that will make you happy. You are so afraid of them.

[@redneckbryon]

Too bad the weather wasn't better you could have got more footage cool video anyways.

[@andrewheider2980]

does anyone know if this place has been demolished?

[@BackyardExploration]

The abandoned parts have been

[@RUDYLOVE72]

Whats the name of thia abandone air force base ?

[@JustDaveM]

Ministerio A Dios sea la Gloria Y Honra Chanute Air Force Base

[@vdx8888]

WOW, it is hard to believe that they left aircraft on a base they closed. The sight of the cargo aircraft threw me for a loop. So, if I went to Grissom AFB tomorrow those aircraft would still be sitting there? I have a problem with believing that part of this exploration video.

[@BackyardExploration]

+VD X That's part of a museum you can actually go check out, hence why I didn't explore that area in any depth. Kinda wish I would have though

[@faulltw]

+VD X The runway was closed years before the base closed. Those aircraft sat there as static displays when the base was open. It was mostly a training base with no flying.

[@buster4236]

+VD X When you go to Grissom AFB, which is now Grissom Air Reserve Base with quite a few KC-135's, with construction of a new Hangar. Oh, Yes, you will have to show your Military Identification Card to the Guard in order to enter, or go to the reception center to get a visitor's pass.

[@nancykasper4828]

+VD X Museum has been closed since October 31, 2015. No one is allowed in Grissom Hall any longer as the Illinois National Guard has a Youth Challenge Program that uses the only open part of the building for GED classes.

[@buster4236]

+Nancy Kasper The Illinois National Guard Youth Challenge Program will be vacating Grissom Hall as well as the Museum. Lincoln's Challange signed an agreement with Rantoul City Hall to conduct their classroom activities at Smith Hall from now on. Smith Hall is also known as "Rantoul Business Center". A recent article in the Rantoul Press covered this change of classroom activities from Grissom to Smith Hall. Lincoln's Challenge recent construction activity is on hold with Illinois Legislature refusing to pass a budget that would continue construction for the new Lincoln's Challenge Campus.

[@kokkonutfreaks]

Gone now. :(

[@josephp3403]

No airstrip?

[@BackyardExploration]

+Joseph P You can see it for like 5 seconds in the video. It's part of a museum so I didn't go on it

[@kdmmorrison]

They left behind a lot of furniture and equipment. Very wasteful.

[@obfuscated3090]

It would have cost more to move than leave in place. Everything other tech schools could use went when the training moved, but Chanute was active for so many years there were large amounts of stuff no one needed. Subsequent re-use efforts petered out because the location is in the middle of nowhere.

[@soldiertoddopos]

another case of leave a mess...

[@soldiertoddopos]

+Tidus Stuart lots of crunchy lead paint

[@bwacuff169]

Since you didn't send me anything for my birthday, go back, get the "Phantom Alley" sign, and get it to me.....

[@armynp]

problem is people will sue government for anything that happens to them(sickness, injury) since is still USAF property.

[@MrJoshuaAtwood]

no it is not ISAF property, the airforce basically gave the base to the town. So the town could then lease out any of the buildings that were able to be used, and then the federal government could wash their hands of the contaminated mess that is Chanute AFB

[@jnfirefighter]

I think I know where u are lol in this video

[@JCWinner]

Look folks. Us tax dollars at work... WOW... what a waste of good stuff that can still be use today...

[@helmutweikert3054]

Why people gotta go in there and destroy shit? People paying hundreds or thousands of dollars in rent, go in there and squat while your going to college or getting yourself back on your feet. Seems like that compound would have made a nice hippie community. Instead people gotta go in there and cook meth and shit. WASTE

[@karlhammer5135]

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[@josephgeis6641]

They need to take care of them self's Were not paying for NATO anymore. And America need to bring back our nukes bombs out of the EU !!!

[@nickclayton2517]

Frozen in time

[@roccpro5021]

Next time help the bird.. Open a window

[@guntherfowler2044]

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