Ammunition Bunker Traditional Cache
Nomex: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.
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From atop the mound, envision the aviation glory of the past, and the buildings of the future. Cache is in a small, round, water tight container with room for a TB or coin.
History: This base was built during WW2 as an outlying airfield for Alameda NAS, the airfield opened in 1943, after being built on the old Leddy tract constructed by the Navy, the airfield consisted of two paved 7,000' runways, taxiways, ramps, hangars & other buildings. During WW2, a total of 21 squadrons received their final training in fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes. Relinquished by the Navy at some point between 1946-48, they then reactivated for Korean War duty in 1951. The Navy established a fleet service squadron and then was abandoned by the Navy at some point between 1952-54. Sometime between 1966-67, Santa Rosa was reopened (once again) as a civilian airport, Santa Rosa Air Center (O01). Santa Rosa Air Center closed in 1991, having been replaced by the Sonoma County Airport, located further out of town to the northwest.
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(Decrypt)
Ybbx sbe gur oheavat ohfu naq gur cvrpr bs uvfgbel.