Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

Myrtle Beach Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina over 3,937 acres. A municipal airport built in 1939, the Army Air Corps took over the site for training pilotsduring WWII. In November 1947 the site was deactivated and returned to the city and became Myrtle Beach Municipal Airport again. On 1 April 1956 the site was activated as Myrtle Beach Air Force Base once more. The base closed on 31 March 1993.

As of 2013, the former base included more than 1,200 homes, several parks and sports facilities, an American Red Cross headquarters, a Veterans Affairs clinic, International Technology and Aerospace Park (ITAP), new terminals at Myrtle Beach International Airport, and The Market Common, a retail complex. The Whispering Pines golf course went to the city of Myrtle Beach. AVX Corporation received land next to its existing plant for a research and development facility. Horry-Georgetown Technical College built a new campus. In May 2026, it was reported that a tidal creek north of Springmaid Pier carried very high levels of PFAS.