Victorville California August 2011

[cliveh]

Half way between LA and Las Vegas my wife was delighted to learn of this place!!!!!! Used to be George AFB, now re named Southern California Logistics Airport. Middle of nowhere, half of the old base has become a huge Federal Penitentiary. Really frightening looking place, looked about as big as the old airport site.
The place is a desert storage facility and a load were obviously being parted out, some from recently defunct carriers. No people about and easy to drive around and peer through fences. Impossible to get to main holding area in the centre of the field. Enjoy the pics

Clive


















Well worth a visit

[Deleted]

Clive,

Great pics, never done Victorville, but have visited Goodyear and Mojave on a trip a few years back. Thanks for sharing.

Happy days

Bob

[john1958]

Clive, great pics.
First went to VCV back in 1999, was a sod to find, but there was no-one on the gate so we drove in! Slowly round that internal fence line, reading whatever I could from wherever.....I'd borrowed a mates pole for the trip luckily, then drove past a hanger in the middle......and around the other side were a US Army unit with 10 AH-64's!!!! Logged them a quick as possible, and decided that was the time to retreat...."in case"!!!
Only wanted about 45 frames there on that visit, including the 12 Apaches, went back again in 2004, no apaches but needed 99 there that time. So deffo somewhere to visit as and when in the area!!!!

John