Northwest History. Alaska 7. Aviation Air Bases, United States

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: underground air base; Alaska; coast magazine; the United States government; the Pacific Building and Engineer; Spokane; Alaska Airports; Aleutian island; air base project; Lieutenant Commander Wilmot A. Danielson; Otto G. Trunk; air corps; Albro L. Parsons; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Aleutian Island
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89465

Underground Air Base, Plan: Coast Magazine Reports Unverified Plan To House 450 Ships In Alaska. UNDERGROUND AIR BASE, PLAN Coast Magazine Reports Unverified Plan to House 450 Ships in Alaska. Construction of a mammoth underground air base in Alaska capable of housing 450 war planes is being considered by the United States government, according to statements in the August 15 issue of the Pacific Builder and Engineer, received in Spokane yesterday. Under the heading, "Engineering News," on page 16 of the issue, the following is printed, sub-titled "Alaska. Airports": "Alaska. Aleutian island—air base project. United States government preparing to break ground for underground air base of armor plate steel and concrete construction, large enough to house 200 giant bombing planes and 250 smaller ships. "Exact site to be picked by army officers now en route to Alaska. Expedition includes Lieutenant Commander Wilmot A. Danielson, quartermaster corps; major Otto G. Trunk, air corps, and Major Albro L. Parsons, medical corps." Spokane aviators and others were unable yesterday to throw any light on the project or to make any comment other than that the plan is in line with known beliefs of high army authorities that Alaska should have a well developed army air base.