Lived at 138 Texas Street 1971 to 1974 - great place to grow up.. I still drive thru there now and then... get teary eyed. I have so many great memories of this place.
I spent a month at George in 1965, on temporary duty from McConnell AFB in Kansas. We were doing F-105 pilot training before deploying to Southeast Asia, and we flew to George for missile training. Off-duty hours were boring as hell.
I was stationed there from 1990 to 1992. I actually left a few months before the base was officially closed. Sad to see that base in such ruin. Thanks for the video Adam the Woo. By the way, I lived just up the street from the base hospital and that baseball field that had all the rubble. I know you cannot go up that way because I believe that the road (Carolina Ave.) is blocked by two concrete barriers. When you were at the intersection, I was hoping that the camera would have panned up my street so I could see what it looked like. Again, thanks anyway for the great video! :-)
Todd Grundy I work at SCLA, formally George Air Force Bass. If you’d like, tell me exactly where you use to live (street, where the building is located, building number, and so on). and I’ll check it out and send you some pics.
It's sad to see George AFB in such ruins. My dad was stationed there from 83 to 87. Some of best days as a child were there, meeting alot of new people and friends. It's too bad that they couldn't have saved it and let people buy the homes and create a little community out of it.
It's a toxic waste superfund site. Now they built a prison on it for illegal immigrant detention. The people who work there and are interned there are getting sick.
Thank you so much for posting this! I was stationed there from 77-79. The building you show at 8:37 was my barracks and my room is the one with the red X on the first floor. I was a Fire Fighter and the fire station was over right next to the tower on the flight line. Great video, thanks so much for posting this!
I lived there, we arrived in 1969,I was 6 years old. My dad was in the USAF, Tech. Sargent. We lived there 6 years, until 1975. So I spent most of my childhood there. It was great place, bustling with activity and families. So sad to see how it is now.
Wouldn't help, it's not healthy to live there, something about the ground water is undrinkable from years of jet fuel in the ground. It caused a lot of miscarriages in pregnant women apparently so the base was closed.
Wow I was stationed there from 1983 to 1986' 39th and then the 21st AMU, asst. crew chief on the F-4 Phantom. Great video Adam, brings back memories both good, and bad!!
831st Fuels 82-85..spent too much time on the flightline in CW gear, nothing's like wearing a charcoal lined snow suit and a rubber mask in 100 plus degree heat. After my 3 year shake 'n' bake the AF decided I'd really like to go duck typhoons on Guam...ain't life grand...I shook the dust off my shoes at the main gate.
Lived on George from 86-90 when my Dad was stationed there as the Deputy Fire Chief. Lived on Florida Court and Mass. Avenue. It sure was a whole lot greener then.
I was assigned to George Air Force Base from 1975-1978. At that time, there were F4 and F105 aircraft stationed on the base. Back in 1975, George AFB was beautiful and a nice place to work when I was in the Air Force. I can't believe it turned out this way. Tom Tuso
I was stationed at George in the late 70s. I was with the 35th then the 37th EMS A.G.E. shop. I started my family there and lived in base housing . Some of the happiest days of my life spent there. It breaks my heart to see it like that. BTW. the housing couldn't be used after closure due to asbestos, and lead based paint used in the houses.
having lived at George AFB, when it was still open and in Adelanto, 2 miles north of George, until 2011, I am very familiar with the area. the first mistake you make is calling it abandoned. WRONG! the airfield and hangars are still very much in use. not only as an airfield but also as an aircraft storage facility, and industrial complex. the housing area that you are standing in front of at the beginning is NOT the Barracks area. the barracks were about a mile further on the base after you passed the guard shack you are standing near, those buildings around you are family housing duplexes, the houses were offered to both Victorville and Adelanto but, neither town wanted them because they were built in the late '60s - early 70s and have asbestos in them. the US Army's DARPA branch still uses alot of the streets and support buildings for research purposes. do you ever do any research on your subjects or do you just make lies up as you go? you are in the housing area up until around 4:14 then you show the Base hospital. at 5:03 the buildings behind the water tower are the barracks. at 6:19 the buildings to the right are barracks and the large building to the very left is the daycare center. the empty field you are filming across is where the BX and bowling alley used to be but, they were destroyed when DARPA was testing autonomous vehicles in their parking lot, by wayward machinery. it is obvious to me that you have never lived in the desert before, I have live in the desert in NM, AZ, CA, and TX and they all have one thing in common LOTS and LOTS of tumbleweeds. also the single story structures are NOT barracks. barracks are at minimum 2 story but, generally 3 or 4.
+Harrison Schmidt Jesus bro, take a breath. The Woo doesn't need to research the area. He knows it's a former Air Force Base. That's all we, the viewers, care about. It's a former air force base, mostly abandoned, and he's checking out the areas he can gain access too. He's not in the military so housing buildings and barracks are the same thing. Thank God for the show less button because I had enough of your epic story after the first word.
I used to do work in a warehouse that was literally right across from this place. I would go in there on my lunch hour sometimes. I also took a friend with me on another occasion. I actually went inside those decrepid houses. It's a lot more guarded now than it used to be, and I believe they may be tearing it down. I saw some construction workers about a year ago doing what looked like some surveying, and the airport nearby is more developed now, I believe, Got some interesting photos, though. The place is WRECKED though!!!
He didn't go in because it's a public airport now. The ICAO is KVCV, Victorville airport. Portions of the former base may be abandoned, but it is a functioning airfield.
This takes me wwwwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyy back. my father was stationed there, and i was born there. I spent many a days running around that base. Miss the F-16's. Brought a tear to my eye when i saw this. So many good memories of that place. Now a mere shadow of what that base once was. Such a sad sight.
I've had friends who were in the military who have returned to old bases that they were stationed at during their careers. some have gone back with metal detectors to the areas where the lived and worked. Found some amazing items that were left behind after the bases were closed.
I really don't understand our government's obsession with putting "No trespassing" up everywhere. Sure I understand putting up such signs on private property, active military bases, construction sites and such, but why do they feel the need to restrict you from going on unused publicly owned land?
+splewy i live near AFB, its still very much in use by the gov, friends have seen some shady shit going on there. Doing experiments in an underground base there
That water tower almost looks freshly painted. Wonder if a local municipality uses it. Damn shame about a big, mapped out airbase like this. Kinda wish we could turn it into a massive homeless shelter or something and make a town out of it.
My dad was stationed at GAFB in 1953 after graduating from basic training at Sampson AFB in New York. He was an engine mechanic on a KB-29 Tanker. Its sad to see the base in the shape it is.
The military still uses the base for training purposes that's why it hasn't been completely torn down. Plus there are still parks, the airport, and schools such as Shepard Elementary that are operational. I live down the road from there and find it interesting on how this place use to look and the history it contains.
What a horrible waste. There are so many things these closed based could be used for: 1. Mental health facilities. 2. Drug/alcohol rehab facilities. 3. School/vocational training. 4. Convert it to retirement communities. I grew up on Kelly AFB outside San Antonio, TX and it is now a lot like this. Breaks my heart to see this.
That hospital was only about 6 years old when the base was closed. The old base hospital that was adjacent to that building maybe haunted but that was a new viable building that was left to decay so haunted... I would call BS. The rest of that was base housing, and was declared not good enough for low income housing by the state of California but I have many memories as a child from that base and it was a vibrant base.
I was stationed there from late '70 thru early '74. It looked a little different then. All the housing was being used and I've traveled many of those roads. Thanks.
Our son went to elementary school there at George AFB in the early 90's. The neighborhoods were being used for filming episodes of JAG, shortly after the base closed.
I was TDY to GAFB to attend FTD for F-4's (F-111D; 43151) prior to going to Keflavik, Iceland (57th FIS) in May 1976. Sad to see the base in such bad condition. Went to several movies at the Base Theater. Seeing the empty shell of the theater is depressing.
Man, to think what it was like, back in it's hay-day, when the whole place was active. Now, sadly, in ruins, pretty much. Awesome historical stuff there though.
I used to go TDY to George AFB back in the 80's while stationed in Myrtle Beach, SC. I remember how the old munitions storage area (MSA) was located outside the main gate and across the highway. It was comical...watching the expression on the faces of the people at the traffic light....when we'd pull full trailers of live MK-82 500 pound bombs through the intersection and through the front gate of the base.
Mr. Woo if you could please head up to Ft. Ord. Monterey and Carmel are beautiful. Maybe you've already been up North California...but there is access onto the base. I was stationed 1981 to 84 and my barracks were the old green ones near the Marina exit. There used to be a magnificent building called Stillwell Hall. It sat on a cliff overlooking the bay and we would always run around it and cross over 101 overhead. It has since been torn down cause it was literally falling in the ocean. Take care and be safe.
Why didn't you go in any of the buildings? The theater and hospital were especially interesting. I doubt anyone would ever see you trespassing. Also, inside of the buildings you are far less likely to be caught. The risk seems so low for such a great adventure.
Voxel8or 10+ years ago, it would be easy to go in the buildings. But, they take it much more seriously now days. It's still an active airport with military personal. It is now called Southern California Logistics Airport.
V Jo So then you're allowed to drive within the gates though? When you're in front of a judge, trespassing is trespassing, they might as well have gone into the buildings.
There are many more videos out there by other people who went into some bldgs @ Old George , including a former resident of base housing, went to his old house, that was awesome. Just type in GEORGE AFB URBEXING . Enjoy, gawd, I was stationed there during the eighties, I'm getting old!!!
Voxel8or Absolutely, you are allowed in the drive through gates and onto the base! They are not trespassing at all! You can use Google street view to see for yourself (27 George Blvd, Victorville, CA 92394). The base as a whole is OPEN to the public. The base is still very active, the only areas that are really closed are the old houses and old base building. The drive through gates and the streets they are on, are indeed open to the public (which Adam clearly states in the video). There are no "no trespassing" signs in the areas that they are driving and walking in. The base has a community park, a school, a church, and industrial businesses that are all open to the public and still in use. The "no trespassing" signs are posted on *most* of the side streets (off the main streets) where the old housing is. The reason those sign are posted is also because they still continue to do military training in there. As you'll see from his video, they did not go into that area and pass those signs. To add, a few years ago, 7 acquaintances of mine were arrested for going into the hospital and other buildings... it's still on their record today.
We are the men and women of the U.S. Military We enlisted/were commissioned in the military to protect our country in its time of need, agreed to sacrifice our body or lay down our life if necessary to protect the country we loved. We did NOT agree to be needlessly poisoned by the very country we swore to protect, and we certainly did NOT agree to the poisoning of our spouses and children. While the DOD knew of the nature and extent of the contamination , JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS CONTAMINATED
***** You should go to "Salton Sea" and "Slab city" in southern California. Not only is there tons of abandoned places, but I'm sure there is lots of interesting roadside attractions there aswell.
My husband was stationed at Ft. Irwin in 1968 and I worked for the Army and Air Force Exchange Commission. One of my duties was to take papers and daily receipts to George AFB. You can't imagine how my heart sank when I watched this video. George was teeming with life and was one busy base. I'm truly sad to see this but glad to have video confirmation that this government is allowing our tax dollars to go to waste and is probably happening all over this country....which leaves us more unsafe. I've not read or heard of any new bases being built anywhere.
I can see this place as multiple videos. Adam, you or you guys should do a few videos here. One for the hospital, one for the houses, etc. That was a really cool place.
George was closed in 1992. Was a training base during WWII and interceptor base during the 50s. By Vietnam it was the host to F-105 and F-4 units. As the F-4 began to leave the inventory bases such as this one began to close. Sad!
I was there from 88-91. it was slated to be a prison but the base housing was deemed unsafe due to soil pollution. The movie Jar head was filmed there and that water tower can be seen in the background in the movie in its original paint scheme with the TAC emblem on it. it is sad to see it in its current condition
George was closed, and now the base is used by airlines that need to park a few airliners for a few months, also some maintenance.. That hard desert floor, they can park 747's off the pavement without sinking. The Air Force could build an awesome modern base, and sell the land in Florida, making a big profit.
On return from a tour in Turkey, I was stationed at George AFB in early1967 - mid 1969. As a single enlisted GI, I hated it. The wind would start blowing dang near hurricane force every afternoon around 2pm like clockwork and if you didn't have your own transportation, you were stuck on base. Victorville was more than a dozen miles away and they rolled up the sidewalks at 6pm and there was nothing but desert between. However, on my meager salary, I managed to purchase some wheels with which I was able to travel to the low desert areas like Riverside, San Bernardino, etc. and there I managed to find a nice girl and marry her. I don't have many happy memories of that area. The pictures taken here look nothing like it did during my tour there. Back then, the base as a pilot retraining operation for the F-4 Phantom primarily.
There must be a standard template for Airforces bases, this is just how Greenham Common looked, but Greenham is now resused but still has a strong US flavour in the road names.
In this video all you showed was the old part of the base called Wherry Housing that was built when the base was built. And the Hospital is not haunted, it’s the new hospital. I was stationed there off and on for six years in the late 60’s and early 70’s.
There's actually an A&P school there that still teaches. It's by COMAV and the rest of the actual Logistics Airport. There's some abandoned structures nearby too.
I WAS STATIONED AT GEORGE IN 1961to3. LIVED IN THE OLD WW11 BARRACKS AND AT THE OLD 831ST TAC HOSPITAL. BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASE.
I lived in that area for around 8 years up until a year ago only a few miles from the prison and the air force base. We liked driving around there just to get creeped out by the houses and the hospital and we always wondered how it got to be that way... Only drive in the day time because at night IT AIN'T COOL LIKE IT'S SCARY, YO. I think it's closed now though. The gates are closed and the outer fences are covered with sheets of green plastic. Oh well.
The deed saiys they aren't allowed to disturb the soil. So, even erecting a fence, brought a warning letter to the City of Victorville, for not creating a Health and Safety plan.
I work there at the old base, now called SCLA and we sometimes go through the ruins and check things out. We call it The Walking Dead area. The large tree trunk is still inside that home. And yes the hospital is haunted. We can never seem to get more then a few feet inside before we hear something that freaks us all out and we leave. It’s sad that the city wouldn’t use it to house the homeless or less fortunate. They said it was substandard living for the homeless, but it good enough for Air Force personnel.
The big reason/excuse I heard was asbestos. The funny thing is that it was in the floor tiles. As long as you didn't damage them, everything was fine. There were also complaints of contamination iirc. As for the tree trunk, the army does training there sometimes, and they may have been the ones who put it there.
@@eraturbo99999 Yes, asbestos, Dioxin, Dieldrin, Duldrin, organochlorine, Adlrin, PCB's, PFOA, PFOS, Chlordane, J-4... all create sub-standard living. The housing area, specifically has heavy organochlorine, Dioxin, and Chlordane from pesticide spraying done for decades. It was so bad that the current levels are still hazardous, and will be for years to come.
@@OneSssyRedhead My parents and I lived at 137 Washington St., in the early 70's. I saw an article that said the base warned/advised female airmen that arrived on base not to try and become pregnant while they were stationed there. Don't remember hearing any of that back then. Though, I was only six when we left in 1975. My mother did end up having a couple of miscarriages while we were there. Another article showed a map of where the most contaminated spots are, and the house we lived in is just outside those areas.
Went there a couple weeks ago. Went through a couple homes. Was strange though. My dad was stationed there in the 80s and I remember when it was alive and kicking. Have a lot of memories there. Kind of sad being there but interesting. The hospital is now gone.
My old home...................I lived in 3 houses on that base....Ist time back in 1965 because I was born in old hospital. Then we came back in 1975 again lived on 231 Oregon....I just went there this last weekend on Mother's day and it is very sad....My Mom was the head life guard and swim instructor both times we lived there. They filled in the pool, such a waste, but I guess it closed due to chemicals.
I remember when that base was opened and people lived there. the houses were all nice and there was lots of trees all gone now. They had a nice park in there too. Adam you really need to get a windscreen or a mic with one, sounded like you sitting next to a Jet engine.
I was born here in the late 50s while my dad was training as a pilot. Since then I've worked for the military (civil service) and see many abandoned bases; just spent two plus years working at Ft. Ord. There's several in Germany too I saw while there. Hahn Air Base comes to mind, but we just walked away from Heidelberg too. It does seem like such an enormous waste of resources to build all that and walk away. Too bad we can't be like Germany and dismantle and recycle all the materials.
Its pretty active still to private event such as airsoft events like Lion Claws and Milsim West that are military simulation events, went there just at the beginning of the month this year
Most of the Bases Where i am located that we're abandoned have been turned in to Industrial parks, A Prison and if they had PMQ's are now Subdivisions. But that's in Eastern Canada. Kind of a shame to see all that wasted but also very interesting as well.
I lived at. 214 Texas ave from 1974 - 1977 there is a time capsule at GAFB school behind the low wall in the play ground placed there in 1976. My mother got cancer in 1975 and died in 1989 she suffered without mercy. Sad memories but best times in my life was there.
I was there TDY back in 1982 from Norton AFB installing telephone cable's near the control tower. They were flying F-4's at that time. Oh by the way, There called Dorms not Barracks.
When I arrived there in 1967 they put me in an old WW2 "barracks" along with one other new arrival. Open bay with no AC a very, very little heat. I remember it took about 6 months for them to finally find room for us in the "3 to a room" dormitory
it makes me sad that good buildings are left to rot the way they do. leave it to our govt, who could fuck up a cheese sandwich. i mean, people down on their luck and fortune could put every last one of those to good use. good ole bizarro planet earth. the speck of dust in the universe where alien life forms won't even dare announce their presence.
goodluckwithallthat And how does the Federal Government have anything to do with this? They closed the base to save tax money. They cleaned up environmental risks in the area. The City of Victorville has not done a whole lot to utilize any of this land. When most bases close, local city and county governments do end up using the left over buildings for low-income residents after the Federal Government leaves. Victorville, not so much.
Sick spot man, never thought youd come here aha but i live about fifteen miles from there, nice place to take your friends if youre in for a lil scare at night!
Lived at 138 Texas Street 1971 to 1974 - great place to grow up.. I still drive thru there now and then... get teary eyed. I have so many great memories of this place.
I spent a month at George in 1965, on temporary duty from McConnell AFB in Kansas. We were doing F-105 pilot training before deploying to Southeast Asia, and we flew to George for missile training. Off-duty hours were boring as hell.
William Campbell incase you were wondering the high desert still remains that way lol
Can verify. The population is 10 times more...the only thing thats changed is the crime rate, its so so so high now.
@@aaronflores1993 I am glad I left CA in 1977.
The F-105 was a real monster!
I was stationed there from 1990 to 1992. I actually left a few months before the base was officially closed. Sad to see that base in such ruin. Thanks for the video Adam the Woo. By the way, I lived just up the street from the base hospital and that baseball field that had all the rubble. I know you cannot go up that way because I believe that the road (Carolina Ave.) is blocked by two concrete barriers. When you were at the intersection, I was hoping that the camera would have panned up my street so I could see what it looked like. Again, thanks anyway for the great video! :-)
Todd Grundy
I work at SCLA, formally George Air Force Bass. If you’d like, tell me exactly where you use to live (street, where the building is located, building number, and so on). and I’ll check it out and send you some pics.
truthout.org/articles/i-m-mad-as-hell-air-force-members-blame-health-horrors-on-toxic-exposure/
All the dormitory I lived in are gone!
It's sad to see George AFB in such ruins. My dad was stationed there from 83 to 87. Some of best days as a child were there, meeting alot of new people and friends. It's too bad that they couldn't have saved it and let people buy the homes and create a little community out of it.
It's a toxic waste superfund site. Now they built a prison on it for illegal immigrant detention. The people who work there and are interned there are getting sick.
what a waste
Robert Peters it sucks they did it here in general adelantos a piece of junk 😞
All of the 12 hour shift I put in there! It is so sad we have wasted our lands and human efforts.
Thank you so much for posting this! I was stationed there from 77-79. The building you show at 8:37 was my barracks and my room is the one with the red X on the first floor. I was a Fire Fighter and the fire station was over right next to the tower on the flight line. Great video, thanks so much for posting this!
I lived there, we arrived in 1969,I was 6 years old. My dad was in the USAF, Tech. Sargent. We lived there 6 years, until 1975. So I spent most of my childhood there. It was great place, bustling with activity and families. So sad to see how it is now.
our gov at work, vets homeless and starving and the dam waste we see in this country.
^5
+DAN NEWMAN thats an old cold war base closed over 20 years ago
Wouldn't help, it's not healthy to live there, something about the ground water is undrinkable from years of jet fuel in the ground. It caused a lot of miscarriages in pregnant women apparently so the base was closed.
DrHillBillyShow You're absolutely right, and when they closed an air base, they would do an environmental cleanup too.
You don't wanna live there.... the whole area is SO toxic. I went to middle school there and just finding out.
Wow I was stationed there from 1983 to 1986' 39th and then the 21st AMU, asst. crew chief on the F-4 Phantom. Great video Adam, brings back memories both good, and bad!!
I really enjoy that Adam and his accomplices are respectful of signs and the surroundings. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. :)
I was stationed at George in the early 80s. Very sad to see it in its present condition.
+170bcuda Thank You for your service
+170bcuda I was stationed there from 1982-1987
+Tank Thomas I was in 35AGS, 21st AMU. Sad to see it in this condition
831st Fuels 82-85..spent too much time on the flightline in CW gear, nothing's like wearing a charcoal lined snow suit and a rubber mask in 100 plus degree heat. After my 3 year shake 'n' bake the AF decided I'd really like to go duck typhoons on Guam...ain't life grand...I shook the dust off my shoes at the main gate.
truthout.org/articles/i-m-mad-as-hell-air-force-members-blame-health-horrors-on-toxic-exposure/
Lived on George from 86-90 when my Dad was stationed there as the Deputy Fire Chief. Lived on Florida Court and Mass. Avenue. It sure was a whole lot greener then.
I was assigned to George Air Force Base from 1975-1978. At that time, there were F4 and F105 aircraft stationed on the base. Back in 1975, George AFB was beautiful and a nice place to work when I was in the Air Force. I can't believe it turned out this way. Tom Tuso
Antonucci’s we’re there in 75. Fond memories
It's funny how that place is abandoned but still has nicer sidewalks and roads than western PA. Lol.
Ahhh you know the struggle too I see.
Mind still better roads than belgium
Better roads than England to lol x
I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Hahah. Gotta love the Department of Transportation.
+Mind Lol
I was stationed at George in the late 70s. I was with the 35th then the 37th EMS A.G.E. shop. I started my family there and lived in base housing . Some of the happiest days of my life spent there. It breaks my heart to see it like that. BTW. the housing couldn't be used after closure due to asbestos, and lead based paint used in the houses.
Me too, but I got out. Couldn't support a family on e3 pay.
having lived at George AFB, when it was still open and in Adelanto, 2 miles north of George, until 2011, I am very familiar with the area. the first mistake you make is calling it abandoned. WRONG! the airfield and hangars are still very much in use. not only as an airfield but also as an aircraft storage facility, and industrial complex. the housing area that you are standing in front of at the beginning is NOT the Barracks area. the barracks were about a mile further on the base after you passed the guard shack you are standing near, those buildings around you are family housing duplexes, the houses were offered to both Victorville and Adelanto but, neither town wanted them because they were built in the late '60s - early 70s and have asbestos in them. the US Army's DARPA branch still uses alot of the streets and support buildings for research purposes. do you ever do any research on your subjects or do you just make lies up as you go? you are in the housing area up until around 4:14 then you show the Base hospital. at 5:03 the buildings behind the water tower are the barracks. at 6:19 the buildings to the right are barracks and the large building to the very left is the daycare center. the empty field you are filming across is where the BX and bowling alley used to be but, they were destroyed when DARPA was testing autonomous vehicles in their parking lot, by wayward machinery. it is obvious to me that you have never lived in the desert before, I have live in the desert in NM, AZ, CA, and TX and they all have one thing in common LOTS and LOTS of tumbleweeds. also the single story structures are NOT barracks. barracks are at minimum 2 story but, generally 3 or 4.
+Harrison Schmidt Jesus bro, take a breath. The Woo doesn't need to research the area. He knows it's a former Air Force Base. That's all we, the viewers, care about. It's a former air force base, mostly abandoned, and he's checking out the areas he can gain access too. He's not in the military so housing buildings and barracks are the same thing. Thank God for the show less button because I had enough of your epic story after the first word.
Holy run on sentence Batman!
SPOT on! You lived there!
I used to do work in a warehouse that was literally right across from this place. I would go in there on my lunch hour sometimes. I also took a friend with me on another occasion. I actually went inside those decrepid houses. It's a lot more guarded now than it used to be, and I believe they may be tearing it down. I saw some construction workers about a year ago doing what looked like some surveying, and the airport nearby is more developed now, I believe, Got some interesting photos, though. The place is WRECKED though!!!
He didn't go in because it's a public airport now. The ICAO is KVCV, Victorville airport. Portions of the former base may be abandoned, but it is a functioning airfield.
I lived there back in 76, went to high school at Victorvalley High. Nothing was recognizable to me and I was all over that place. Thanks for the tour.
This takes me wwwwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyy back. my father was stationed there, and i was born there. I spent many a days running around that base. Miss the F-16's. Brought a tear to my eye when i saw this. So many good memories of that place. Now a mere shadow of what that base once was. Such a sad sight.
I've had friends who were in the military who have returned to old bases that they
were stationed at during their careers. some have gone back with metal detectors
to the areas where the lived and worked. Found some amazing items that were left
behind after the bases were closed.
Stationed at George in POL 1983 - 1990 So many great memories and so many people I miss from George!
I really don't understand our government's obsession with putting "No trespassing" up everywhere. Sure I understand putting up such signs on private property, active military bases, construction sites and such, but why do they feel the need to restrict you from going on unused publicly owned land?
+splewy i live near AFB, its still very much in use by the gov, friends have seen some shady shit going on there. Doing experiments in an underground base there
+RandoRando Logistics , old scrap not used jets and maybe used for Chemical dumping........ Contrails ??
+splewy Asbestos contamination, pesticides (for endless termite eradication), lead-based paint, structural problems, mold…understand now?
+splewy The signs were posted by the City of Victorville, that was quit-claimed the property by the Federal Government.
+MrShobar Yes ...and Vandalism!
I was born on that base... awesome thank you for posting
So was my daughter.
So was my son. 1984
Surprised you were born at all...
I was born there too……
I loved going to the rec center, the bowling alley and park on Juneteenth. I also enjoyed going to the air shows with my dad.
That water tower almost looks freshly painted. Wonder if a local municipality uses it.
Damn shame about a big, mapped out airbase like this. Kinda wish we could turn it into a massive homeless shelter or something and make a town out of it.
I noticed a lot of comments here from 8 years ago complaining that Adam had 'lost his edge' I wonder what they think of 2023 Adam? 😂
I use to live in that base when I was child. Some of my best memories. This is so creepy .
My dad was stationed at GAFB in 1953 after graduating from basic training at Sampson AFB in New York. He was an engine mechanic on a KB-29 Tanker. Its sad to see the base in the shape it is.
The military still uses the base for training purposes that's why it hasn't been completely torn down. Plus there are still parks, the airport, and schools such as Shepard Elementary that are operational. I live down the road from there and find it interesting on how this place use to look and the history it contains.
What a horrible waste.
There are so many things these closed based could be used for:
1. Mental health facilities.
2. Drug/alcohol rehab facilities.
3. School/vocational training.
4. Convert it to retirement communities.
I grew up on Kelly AFB outside San Antonio, TX and it is now a lot like this.
Breaks my heart to see this.
That hospital was only about 6 years old when the base was closed. The old base hospital that was adjacent to that building maybe haunted but that was a new viable building that was left to decay so haunted... I would call BS. The rest of that was base housing, and was declared not good enough for low income housing by the state of California but I have many memories as a child from that base and it was a vibrant base.
Most epic place ever! I have so much info I could have shared about this place. Thanks for the rad video.
I was stationed there from late '70 thru early '74. It looked a little different then.
All the housing was being used and I've traveled many of those roads. Thanks.
I was supposed to go to George just as they were shutting it down. All i can say is thank you for another assignment.
Our son went to elementary school there at George AFB in the early 90's. The neighborhoods were being used for filming episodes of JAG, shortly after the base closed.
I WAS STATIONED THERE 1974 to1978. My oldest son was born in the hospital there. Lots of fond memories
I was TDY to GAFB to attend FTD for F-4's (F-111D; 43151) prior to going to Keflavik, Iceland (57th FIS) in May 1976. Sad to see the base in such bad condition. Went to several movies at the Base Theater. Seeing the empty shell of the theater is depressing.
Man, to think what it was like, back in it's hay-day, when the whole place was active. Now, sadly, in ruins, pretty much. Awesome historical stuff there though.
@@thomaslamb8337 Awesome man!
@@thomaslamb8337 You too, from California.
That's sad to see that Air Force base is abandoned. They could have used it for something else. Thanks for sharing this Adam.
I used to go TDY to George AFB back in the 80's while stationed in Myrtle Beach, SC. I remember how the old munitions storage area (MSA) was located outside the main gate and across the highway. It was comical...watching the expression on the faces of the people at the traffic light....when we'd pull full trailers of live MK-82 500 pound bombs through the intersection and through the front gate of the base.
I was stationed there in the 70's
I was stationed there from 1975-1978. I worked at the fire department as an Airman. Tom Tuso
That's kind of creepy lol
Any creepy stories, from the 70’s??
Where are all the goods
Was stationed there in 1967 just before going to Thailand to Korat AFB. Was a nice place.
Mr. Woo if you could please head up to Ft. Ord. Monterey and Carmel are beautiful. Maybe you've already been up North California...but there is access onto the base. I was stationed 1981 to 84 and my barracks were the old green ones near the Marina exit. There used to be a magnificent building called Stillwell Hall. It sat on a cliff overlooking the bay and we would always run around it and cross over 101 overhead. It has since been torn down cause it was literally falling in the ocean. Take care and be safe.
Why didn't you go in any of the buildings? The theater and hospital were especially interesting.
I doubt anyone would ever see you trespassing. Also, inside of the buildings you are far less likely to be caught. The risk seems so low for such a great adventure.
Voxel8or 10+ years ago, it would be easy to go in the buildings. But, they take it much more seriously now days. It's still an active airport with military personal. It is now called Southern California Logistics Airport.
V Jo So then you're allowed to drive within the gates though? When you're in front of a judge, trespassing is trespassing, they might as well have gone into the buildings.
There are many more videos out there by other people who went into some bldgs @ Old George , including a former resident of base housing, went to his old house, that was awesome. Just type in GEORGE AFB URBEXING . Enjoy, gawd, I was stationed there during the eighties, I'm getting old!!!
Voxel8or Absolutely, you are allowed in the drive through gates and onto the base! They are not trespassing at all! You can use Google street view to see for yourself (27 George Blvd, Victorville, CA 92394). The base as a whole is OPEN to the public. The base is still very active, the only areas that are really closed are the old houses and old base building. The drive through gates and the streets they are on, are indeed open to the public (which Adam clearly states in the video). There are no "no trespassing" signs in the areas that they are driving and walking in. The base has a community park, a school, a church, and industrial businesses that are all open to the public and still in use. The "no trespassing" signs are posted on *most* of the side streets (off the main streets) where the old housing is. The reason those sign are posted is also because they still continue to do military training in there. As you'll see from his video, they did not go into that area and pass those signs. To add, a few years ago, 7 acquaintances of mine were arrested for going into the hospital and other buildings... it's still on their record today.
V Jo Also, they probably don't want to be liable for people getting injured in those crumbling buildings.
We are the men and women of the U.S. Military
We enlisted/were commissioned in the military to protect our country in its time of need, agreed to sacrifice our body or lay down our life if necessary to protect the country we loved. We did NOT agree to be needlessly poisoned by the very country we swore to protect, and we certainly did NOT agree to the poisoning of our spouses and children. While the DOD knew of the nature and extent of the contamination , JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS CONTAMINATED
***** You should go to "Salton Sea" and "Slab city" in southern California. Not only is there tons of abandoned places, but I'm sure there is lots of interesting roadside attractions there aswell.
My husband was stationed at Ft. Irwin in 1968 and I worked for the Army and Air Force Exchange Commission. One of my duties was to take papers and daily receipts to George AFB. You can't imagine how my heart sank when I watched this video. George was teeming with life and was one busy base. I'm truly sad to see this but glad to have video confirmation that this government is allowing our tax dollars to go to waste and is probably happening all over this country....which leaves us more unsafe. I've not read or heard of any new bases being built anywhere.
I can see this place as multiple videos. Adam, you or you guys should do a few videos here. One for the hospital, one for the houses, etc. That was a really cool place.
Love how you guys do this. I know it's abandoned and all but I'm surprised you can still go in there
'79 to '82 -. bippity boppity boo. Thanks Adam for entering my very own twilight zone.
George was closed in 1992. Was a training base during WWII and interceptor base during the 50s. By Vietnam it was the host to F-105 and F-4 units. As the F-4 began to leave the inventory bases such as this one began to close. Sad!
Whats with the street markings , double and tripple yellow lines with double broken yellow and white lines and the black lines ???
I lived here from K-6th grade; I loved it here!! I think the year we moved would have been 1993...I went to GAFB Elementary...
There were no words to describe the disaster of Ft George.There were birds & random trees.
Huggs,silky
There is a movie called Starfighters, MST3K did an episode featuring the film. Most of it was filmed on the base in the video.
I was stationed at George 1957-1960; then F-100 & F-104s. Base was in bad shape then, housing was nice. Lived in one of those houses.
I was there from 88-91. it was slated to be a prison but the base housing was deemed unsafe due to soil pollution. The movie Jar head was filmed there and that water tower can be seen in the background in the movie in its original paint scheme with the TAC emblem on it. it is sad to see it in its current condition
Was there exact same time
it was our little world 70-74...we loved it there....best childhood years! sad to see it abandoned.
Great video, I haven't been there in about 8 years. My dad took me their to practice driving his 30 foot motorhome.
I didn't realize they closed George. I went there for Green Flag in the 80's
George was closed, and now the base is used by airlines that need to park a few airliners for a few months, also some maintenance.. That hard desert floor, they can park 747's off the pavement without sinking. The Air Force could build an awesome modern base, and sell the land in Florida, making a big profit.
I was a firefighter in the USAF and in 1981 when I left England my fire CMST Mahar went to George. THE BEST FIRE CHIEF OF ALL TIME
Shweeeet! I coincidentally did a quick new video on this place and yours came up as a related video! Still looks quite the same years later!
I live about 5 mins away. The base housing , hotel and hospital are all abandoned. the airport itself and park are still in use.
On return from a tour in Turkey, I was stationed at George AFB in early1967 - mid 1969. As a single enlisted GI, I hated it. The wind would start blowing dang near hurricane force every afternoon around 2pm like clockwork and if you didn't have your own transportation, you were stuck on base. Victorville was more than a dozen miles away and they rolled up the sidewalks at 6pm and there was nothing but desert between. However, on my meager salary, I managed to purchase some wheels with which I was able to travel to the low desert areas like Riverside, San Bernardino, etc. and there I managed to find a nice girl and marry her. I don't have many happy memories of that area. The pictures taken here look nothing like it did during my tour there. Back then, the base as a pilot retraining operation for the F-4 Phantom primarily.
There must be a standard template for Airforces bases, this is just how Greenham Common looked, but Greenham is now resused but still has a strong US flavour in the road names.
i livedon george afb as a kid from 1976-1980. what a trip to see it today! thanks!
In this video all you showed was the old part of the base called Wherry Housing that was built when the base was built. And the Hospital is not haunted, it’s the new hospital. I was stationed there off and on for six years in the late 60’s and early 70’s.
There's actually an A&P school there that still teaches. It's by COMAV and the rest of the actual Logistics Airport. There's some abandoned structures nearby too.
Love the video man as always! Keep up the great work!
I WAS STATIONED AT GEORGE IN 1961to3. LIVED IN THE OLD WW11 BARRACKS AND AT THE OLD 831ST TAC HOSPITAL. BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASE.
I lived in that area for around 8 years up until a year ago only a few miles from the prison and the air force base. We liked driving around there just to get creeped out by the houses and the hospital and we always wondered how it got to be that way... Only drive in the day time because at night IT AIN'T COOL LIKE IT'S SCARY, YO. I think it's closed now though. The gates are closed and the outer fences are covered with sheets of green plastic. Oh well.
It's still accessible. Though, I agree with you, not sure I'd want to be there at night either.
The base was and probably still is contaminated with hazardous-toxic-radioactive-waste. Which is why a lot of building were left untouched.
The deed saiys they aren't allowed to disturb the soil. So, even erecting a fence, brought a warning letter to the City of Victorville, for not creating a Health and Safety plan.
I was stationed at George AFB in Aug 1969 to May 1971. Stationed there after leaving Phan Rang AFB. Weapons Specialist on the F4D&E
I work there at the old base, now called SCLA and we sometimes go through the ruins and check things out. We call it The Walking Dead area. The large tree trunk is still inside that home. And yes the hospital is haunted. We can never seem to get more then a few feet inside before we hear something that freaks us all out and we leave. It’s sad that the city wouldn’t use it to house the homeless or less fortunate. They said it was substandard living for the homeless, but it good enough for Air Force personnel.
William Edmonds -I'm curious about the tree trunk inside the house. Did that tree grow there or did someone place it there?
The big reason/excuse I heard was asbestos. The funny thing is that it was in the floor tiles. As long as you didn't damage them, everything was fine. There were also complaints of contamination iirc. As for the tree trunk, the army does training there sometimes, and they may have been the ones who put it there.
@@eraturbo99999 Yes, asbestos, Dioxin, Dieldrin, Duldrin, organochlorine, Adlrin, PCB's, PFOA, PFOS, Chlordane, J-4... all create sub-standard living.
The housing area, specifically has heavy organochlorine, Dioxin, and Chlordane from pesticide spraying done for decades.
It was so bad that the current levels are still hazardous, and will be for years to come.
@@OneSssyRedhead My parents and I lived at 137 Washington St., in the early 70's. I saw an article that said the base warned/advised female airmen that arrived on base not to try and become pregnant while they were stationed there. Don't remember hearing any of that back then. Though, I was only six when we left in 1975. My mother did end up having a couple of miscarriages while we were there. Another article showed a map of where the most contaminated spots are, and the house we lived in is just outside those areas.
Went there a couple weeks ago. Went through a couple homes. Was strange though. My dad was stationed there in the 80s and I remember when it was alive and kicking. Have a lot of memories there. Kind of sad being there but interesting. The hospital is now gone.
Actually, it's still there.
Do you know how pristine the families had to leave those homes?
I was stationed there in the early 70's, remember it quite well...
My old home...................I lived in 3 houses on that base....Ist time back in 1965 because I was born in old hospital. Then we came back in 1975 again lived on 231 Oregon....I just went there this last weekend on Mother's day and it is very sad....My Mom was the head life guard and swim instructor both times we lived there. They filled in the pool, such a waste, but I guess it closed due to chemicals.
As always, great video!
That's in adelanto CA. I live like 10 minutes away. I love exploring there. Lots of cool stuff.
I went there once, pretty cool that you explored it!
I remember when that base was opened and people lived there. the houses were all nice and there was lots of trees all gone now. They had a nice park in there too. Adam you really need to get a windscreen or a mic with one, sounded like you sitting next to a Jet engine.
I was stationed there in the late 80s. Crazy to see it like this.
That is so sad. My husband and I were married there. And our son was born there. The housing was quite good and we had nice neighbors. What a waste.
I was born here in the late 50s while my dad was training as a pilot. Since then I've worked for the military (civil service) and see many abandoned bases; just spent two plus years working at Ft. Ord. There's several in Germany too I saw while there. Hahn Air Base comes to mind, but we just walked away from Heidelberg too. It does seem like such an enormous waste of resources to build all that and walk away. Too bad we can't be like Germany and dismantle and recycle all the materials.
Its pretty active still to private event such as airsoft events like Lion Claws and Milsim West that are military simulation events, went there just at the beginning of the month this year
Most of the Bases Where i am located that we're abandoned have been turned in to Industrial parks, A Prison and if they had PMQ's are now Subdivisions. But that's in Eastern Canada. Kind of a shame to see all that wasted but also very interesting as well.
I lived at. 214 Texas ave from 1974 - 1977 there is a time capsule at GAFB school behind the low wall in the play ground placed there in 1976. My mother got cancer in 1975 and died in 1989 she suffered without mercy. Sad memories but best times in my life was there.
Sorry for your loss Brian. I hope her cancer wasn't caused from the base toxicity.
I was there TDY back in 1982 from Norton AFB installing telephone cable's near the control tower. They were flying F-4's at that time. Oh by the way, There called Dorms not Barracks.
When I arrived there in 1967 they put me in an old WW2 "barracks" along with one other new arrival. Open bay with no AC a very, very little heat. I remember it took about 6 months for them to finally find room for us in the "3 to a room" dormitory
Your videos are always great Adam keep it up
The BRAC closed George and it will never really completely close because of the chemical problems.
Do you ever plan on travelling outside of the us? It would be super cool to see some overseas spots!
it makes me sad that good buildings are left to rot the way they do. leave it to our govt, who could fuck up a cheese sandwich. i mean, people down on their luck and fortune could put every last one of those to good use. good ole bizarro planet earth. the speck of dust in the universe where alien life forms won't even dare announce their presence.
goodluckwithallthat And how does the Federal Government have anything to do with this? They closed the base to save tax money. They cleaned up environmental risks in the area.
The City of Victorville has not done a whole lot to utilize any of this land. When most bases close, local city and county governments do end up using the left over buildings for low-income residents after the Federal Government leaves. Victorville, not so much.
I was born there in 83. Sad to see abandoned.
LMAO! I went off to bootcamp in "83"!!!!
I wonder why they had the yellow lines on the roads so weird and different than regular roads ?
I learned to drive at George back in the day so many memories
The desert was very clean and beautiful back then...1977...
my dad was station there in the 60's and he left 1970 to come home for good.
Another awesome vlog as always 😀
Sick spot man, never thought youd come here aha but i live about fifteen miles from there, nice place to take your friends if youre in for a lil scare at night!