Naval Air Station Livermore was a

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military facility located in

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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

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. On March 12, 1944, the Jack Benny Radio Program broadcast live at the base.

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, Don Wilson (announcer), Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, and

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were the cast. Actor Robert Taylor (actor) (August 5, 1911 - June 8, 1969) served in the United States Naval Corp from 1943 to 1945. In January 1944, he started serving as a flight instructor at Livermore.

Outlying fields

NAS Livermore had the following outlying fields (OLFs) during the war (1943-1945): *

Abel Field Naval Air Station Livermore has nearby airfield landing strips to support the training of US Navy pilots during World War 2. The airfield are called Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLFs). For the war many new trained pilots were needed. The Nav ...

* Brown-Fabian Airport * Cope Field * Gelderman Airport * Heath Airport * Linderman Airport * Livermore Airport * May's School Field *

Rita Butterworth Airport Naval Air Station Livermore has nearby airfield landing strips to support the training of US Navy pilots during World War 2. The airfield are called Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLFs). For the war many new trained pilots were needed. The Nav ...

Spring Valley Airport Naval Air Station Livermore has nearby airfield landing strips to support the training of US Navy pilots during World War 2. The airfield are called Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLFs). For the war many new trained pilots were needed. The Nav ...

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Historic California Posts: Naval Air Station, Livermore
Livermore Installations of the United States Navy in California Livermore, California Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area Military installations closed in the 1950s {{Navy-stub Closed installations of the United States Navy

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