Top 10 ABANDONED Military Bases in Texas (UPDATED)

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What if I told you there’s an abandoned World War II-era airforce base that sits, frozen in time, on an untamed island off the coast of Texas? Or that the rusting remains of a mysterious, pyramid-like Cold War-era structure still lie forgotten deep in the remote Texas desert? I didn’t believe it either- at first. But then I decided to go check out these places, and I was blown away. Today, we’ll be exploring the top 10 abandoned military bases in Texas.

DISCLAIMER: Do not attempt to go to any location depicted in this video. If you do go, you do so at your own risk.

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Sources/Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wolters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyote_Air_Force_Base

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfa_Airport_(original)

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Marfa_Army_Air_Field

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhorn_Army_Ammunition_Plant

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/aap-longhorn.htm

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Caddo_Lake/about/amm_plant.html

https://caddolakeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/In-Depth-
Case-Study-LHAAP-2018-Katie-Bird.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_Island_Air_Force_Base

https://www.goodfellow.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-

Sheets/Display/Article/372978/goodfellow-air-force-base-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellow_Air_Force_Base

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_Abilene_W.htm#vancourt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_airports_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nike_missile_sites

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/90256-nike-missile-site-df-50/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/45498593344

http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/locationstx.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nike

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fannin#cite_note-Krammer-1

https://www.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/collections/resource-page/Camp-Fannin-Cultural-Resources-Collection.html

https://campfannin.net/ https://www.ketk.com/news/special-report-the-legacy-of-camp-fannin/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldorado_Air_Force_Station

https://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/when-afrika-korps-came-texas-world-war-ii-pows-lone-star-state

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhart_Army_Air_Base

https://www.usace.army.mil/Portals/2/docs/Environmental/FUDS/Notification/Texas/Project_Safety_Guides/DalhartAFBInfoGuide_29Sep15.pdf

https://texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com/dalhart-army-air-field1.html

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