Sampson Air Force Base

Sampson Air Force Base
Naval Training Station Sampson
Part of Air Training Command (ATC)
Located near Seneca Lake, New York
Oblique photo of Sampson Air Force Base, about 1951, looking north
Coordinates42°43′45″N 76°54′00″W / 42.72917°N 76.90000°W / 42.72917; -76.90000
TypeAir Force Base
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Air Force
Site history
Built1942
In use1942–1956
Sampson AFB is located in New York
Sampson AFB
Sampson AFB
Location of Sampson Air Force Base, New York
Navy graduate photo, Company 591 June 2, 1943

Sampson Air Force Base is a closed United States military facility, last used by the United States Air Force Air Training Command as a Basic Military Training Center. It was closed in 1956 and put into caretaker status.

As of at least the 2000s, parts of the facility have been converted to a civil picnic area called Sampson State Park. In addition, the United States Navy operates the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) sonar test facility on a part of the facility. However, most of the former base is abandoned.


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