The only buildings I recognize is the main chapel and the hospital barracks. The rest seems to be a lot of open unused spaces. Got discharged there in 1970 from the 92nd CES.
Is Blair Elementary still there I was a Blair bomber and lived on 8784 Oak Street my Dad was stationed there in the 80's and is my old house or did they redo EVERYTHING plz sir TYSMIA for your help .
I will check for sure when I go again but the elementary school did get a new building by the main park a few years back. I thought the old building by the main gate was taken down during the gate renovation but I cannot recall right now.
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Thanks for the tour. I was stationed there from 83 -86 and I hardly recognize any of it. When I was there, everything was old WWII buildings, and they were actually spending a lot of money at the time modernizing many of them. My old dorm was a modernized WWII building. It now looks like they have gotten rid of most of them. That old yellow building at 11:03 I believe used to contain the BX and the Commissary. I recognized the auto hobby building and I think that may have been the same base theater. if so, that theater used to be surrounded by dorms and the old dining hall where, it looks like it is out on its own now. When I was there the Security Forces Building or Security Police Squadron was an old WWII building that was replaced after I left in the late 80s. Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought you mentioned old Security Forces building, if so, that would be that building from the 80s and they would now have an even newer one.
@@michaelrorman4031 In 2005 I drove through there, but I did not go back on the base. Anyway, I did see Airway Heights and it blew me away as to what it became to what it was was then. Back then I swear that 90% of the commercial buildings in Airway Heights were ramshackle over used temporary structures and most of the homes were old mobile homes.
@@kennethsouthard6042 Its about 10 years from being all the way to highway 90. The housing almost surrounds that prison. There is a second casino now also. They have even made a lot of progress since 2005. It seems to grow fast even if you only go once a year.
The old yellow building used to house the ANG TMO section, at least back around the late 90s to maybe 2010 or so. I think the commissary and BX were across the street from building 2001 (which was also torn down many years ago). The commissary/BX that you see at the beginning of the video was built around 1990. I remember the WWII buildings you referred to; they used them as a disciplinary dorm for junior enlisted around 2000 or so, but gone as well. They got rid of the furniture store, which I believe may have been the old chow hall, just behind the base theater. Fairchild is great at tearing down buildings and tearing up roads. The Fun Spot was the place to go on base and they tore that down as well. By 2030, they'll probably replace the bx & commissary with a couple of Alaskan tents. FAFB is basically a ghost town now, especially on the weekends.
I was there from 00-05. I live in the area so I visit sometimes. They have changed a lot. The new fitness center is awesome compared to the one in the U-shaped building.
@@mrbigwill007 Yeah that's the one I was referring to. It is gone now. I can't recall how long maybe 3-5 years. They built a big brick building across the street from where it was. The horseshoe building is almost all gone except the front part. The gym was moved into a really nice 2 story facility they built in the last 5 years I think. It is across the street from where the bowling alley was.
You call this downtown Kellogg, we called it uptown. that's for us Sunny siders. This film only covers a small portion of Kellogg. I grew up here in the fifties. Back in the good days. We even had whore houses. Our dad's believed in TCB. (taking care of business). Outside agitators had a short stay in this town. You don't mess with hard rock miners and lumber jacks.
Thank you! I was born in Newport in 1961 and lived there for 7 years before moving to Cle Elum WA. At the corner where the highway splits left to Spokane and straight to Cusick, if you took a right and went down a block, we lived in the last house on the left side. Again, thank you.
I feel sorry for anyone who grew up in Kellogg in the 50s 60s and beyond. My father was crippled and 2 of his friends were killed in an accident that was ruled non-accidental while union organizing. My father was awarded a bronze star in. Korea. He later said his last fair fight took place there. Don't expect justice here
I was stationed there in 73-74,only thing familiar was the church on the right past the gate.Does not look like the same place.I was in Security, b-52 fight line mostly.
Can I use a portion of this footage to make a countdown video for our church in Post Falls? It would play on social media and RU-vid prior to our podcasts/services online.
I lived in NCO housing there in '56 to '57 and then again from '59 into '63. Other than the new chapel that was built in '61, I did not see anything in the video that looked to be in the least wise familiar. I was taken aback by the multitude of trees and all the green grass. When I was there, most of the buildings dated back to when the base was first built back in '43. Many by that time had been repurposed. now they all seem to be gone. I also see in the video roads that look to be very unfamiliar. When I lived there, the maximum speed limit was 25. That car looked to me like it was going more like 40 or 50.
There are some older buildings near the hospital and on the survival side. The big horseshoe building was one of the last old ones in the main area but it is continually getting smaller.
2:39 - Building 621 and two other dorm buildings were on the corner at that intersection, on the right side. MMS dorm was bldg 621, which was the oldest dorm building on the base when I was there from 88-91.
Looks like a nice little town. I found your channel from the file on Coulee Dam that you posted. That is where I'm living these days. I'm also making drone videos, among other subjects. Keep up the good work!
I was here from 83 - 86 and this place looks nothing like it did back then. The only things that I could recognize that were there then: 1. The chapel 2. The B52 and C47 on static display (these arrived when I was there) 3. The old hangars 4. The long supply buildings at the end of the video (The BX and commissary were in the south ones then) Fairchild back then was basically old World War II buildings. Many of the old buildings were being re-vamped then, but it looks like even those have since been torn down.
@@michaelrorman4031 I remember Airway Heights at the time had maybe what looked about 10 permanent buildings everything else looked like it could have been taken down or hitched up in a matter of hours.
@@kennethsouthard6042I am not sure how up to date Google Maps is but there are 2 casinos, 2 strip malls, and a Walmart Super Center now. I have been in the area from 2000-current and in that space a time it is astounding how much it has grown. I would not be surprised if in 20 more years there would be no more farm land from the base to the highway exit. Just straight businesses the whole way.
@@michaelrorman4031 I guess that progress comes anywhere if you wait long enough. I'm glad that it has improved, as it was basically an eyesore back then. What about Davenport and Rearden. Have they grown as well?
@@kennethsouthard6042I played in a pool league a good while ago so I have seen Davenport and Reardan a lot over time. They are mostly the same. I think the bowling alley in Davenport is now a "recreational" smoke shop. Medical Lake is actually one that has grown a good bit in the last few years in terms of new housing developments.
