Large camoed container about 12 feet off of the trail. Do NOT
cross the ditch. The photos show landmarks. Use bug repellant
in the warmer months.
Pry the lid off by working all the way around the top. DON'T
PULL IT OFF. Please make sure you put the lid back on
tightly.
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base was a United States Air Force
facility in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was established in
1940 as a World War II training base and was also used for coastal
patrols during the war. After the war it was a front-line USAF base
in the Cold War, Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War of 1990. The
base was closed in 1993 and is currently being redeveloped for
civilian uses (like geocaching).
With the closure of the facility by the Air Force in 1993, the
City of Myrtle Beach and Horry County spent the better part of a
decade at loggerheads over what to do with the former Myrtle Beach
Air Force Base. The Air Force divided the land among the Air Force
Base Redevelopment Authority, Santee Cooper, Myrtle Beach, the
Myrtle Beach International Airport, the Horry County Red Cross, the
Cathedral Bible College and Horry-Georgetown Technical College.
Some of these tranfers were through sales, some through land swaps
and some through a program called public-benefit conveyance.
Finally, in 2004 an agreement was reached that would allow
Myrtle Beach International Airport, which assumed control over the
runway of the former AFB, to expand and build a second runway and
supporting faclities. Besides the main runway, old taxiways and
hardstands from the 1940's World War II Army Airfield survive
unused. The USAF flightline ramp, hangars, control tower,
maintenance shops and other operational assets are used for various
civil aircraft purposes. Also in 2004, two developers announce
intentions to create large neighborhoods on the base. Lennar Corp.
purchases land on the Ross Tract and McCaffery Interests and
announced plans to create the urban village on 113 acres of the
base to be known as Market Common.
In 2006 RWO Acquisitions purchaced 560 acres of the Ross Tract
and announced plans for retail, offices, hotels and neotraditional
housing. Essentially all property on the former Air Force Base has
been conveyed by deed or is under lease by private owners. After a
dozen years, the former Air Force Base is rapidly losing its
military appearance with unused military buildings being razed, and
new structures and roads being constructed.