No matter how long the Persian Gulf war lasts, Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, will close as planned in late 1993, Air Force officials say.”It`s business as usual on that issue,” Capt. Jack ...

“Wow, Dad, look at that airplane!” Dad had no time to react before his young son took off toward an F-105 Thunderchief, a supersonic bomber nicknamed Thud in Vietnam. It’s one of … ...

Chanute Air Force Base closed 20 years ago, devastating Rantoul. ... Central Illinois Radio Network . WDWS 1400/93.9 - News/Talk/Sports; WHMS 97.5 - Lite Rock; WKIO 105.5 - Classic Rock; ...

RANTOUL – Organizers of the National Korean War Museum are making plans to move from Rantoul to a larger community.Citing low attendance at the former Chanute Air Force Base, the ...

An entomology expert who served at Chanute in 1963 and 1964 told the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in 2013 he used the herbicides. However, sampling of wells in the area between 1998 ...

Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained ...

75 year pictorial history of Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois / by Donald O. Weckhorst Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Weckhorst, Donald O Date 1992 C1992 Call ...

RANTOUL, Ill. (AP) — A consultant working for the eastern Illinois town of Rantoul says the city is considering a range of ideas to help develop the long-closed Chanute Air Force Base. Mike ...