5 Abandoned Military Bases Across the Globe

When a government decides that a military base is obsolete, it sometimes tries to update the structure. However, government officials often find it more cost effective to just abandon the outdated base and build a new one elsewhere.

Similarly, if a certain base is no longer needed at all, then once again they simply just abandon it instead of spending the money required to operate and maintain a facility that is no longer required.

Below are five abandoned military bases that can be found across the globe.

Johnston Atoll.

This U.S. Navy base is located in the central Pacific, roughly 750 nautical miles west of Hawaii. It started out as a wildlife refuge, but was handed over to the Navy in 1932.

From then on, the bases provided much needed port of call for U.S. Naval ships in the Pacific. It also was the stage for several nuclear tests, and later the facility was used as a dumping ground for nuclear and chemical waste.

In 2003, the site was handed back over to the Fish and Wildlife Department, and is now part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

Walker Air Force Base.

This closed military facility is where America’s fascination with UFOs exploded. Located only three miles from Roswell, New Mexico’s central business district, it is the closest military facility to the infamous, and alleged, UFO crash of 1947.

The Air force base closed in 1967 as part of the military’s attempt to pay for the expenses accrued during the Vietnam War. In recent years, the defunct base was being used as an airplane graveyard where decommissioned planes are stored to be sold or refurbished.

Krankenhaus Staacken.

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