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March, 1943: A flight of training planes takes off at Glenview.
March, 1943: A flight of training planes takes off at Glenview.
March, 1943: Three cadets and their instructor fly over the tower in close formation. At the time, the Glenview station was the largest such unit operated by the Navy, spanning 1,200 acres and turning out 1,000 cadets every three months. There were nearly 3,500 enlisted men at the base. The original photo has rippled due to age.
March, 1943: Three cadets and their instructor fly over the tower in close formation. At the time, the Glenview station was the largest such unit operated by the Navy, spanning 1,200 acres and turning out 1,000 cadets every three months. There were nearly 3,500 enlisted men at the base. The original photo has rippled due to age.
March, 1943: Emil Erricson, Richard Torrey and Richard Gluss demonstrate a rubber life raft rescue in the Glenview swimming pool.
March, 1943: Emil Erricson, Richard Torrey and Richard Gluss demonstrate a rubber life raft rescue in the Glenview swimming pool.
June, 1942: William Gardiner and James Clark air out some parachutes in the parachute loft.
June, 1942: William Gardiner and James Clark air out some parachutes in the parachute loft.
July, 1946: Part of a crowd of 45,000 watch a flight of fighters from the operations tower and the main hangar during an open house.
July, 1946: Part of a crowd of 45,000 watch a flight of fighters from the operations tower and the main hangar during an open house.
Dec., 1943: Capt. George C. Montgomery, commanding officer at Glenview Air Base, greets Santa Claus as he steps from his plane after it taxied into the drill hall where the Christmas party was held.
Dec., 1943: Capt. George C. Montgomery, commanding officer at Glenview Air Base, greets Santa Claus as he steps from his plane after it taxied into the drill hall where the Christmas party was held.
Dec., 1943: The Glenview Air Base choral group sings Christmas carols.
Dec., 1943: The Glenview Air Base choral group sings Christmas carols.
May, 1946: Aerial view of the NAS Glenview, which will be open for a “drive through” inspection (by automobiles only) on the first anniversary of V-E Day on May 8. Descriptive posters along the route described the functions of the station buildings and there was a large display of the Navy’s latest type service and training planes.
Feb., 1947: Smoke and flames engulf a plane at an “operations reunion” exhibition, which 15,000 attended.
Feb., 1947: A Navy firefighter uses a carbon dioxide vapor spray to snuff out a fire in a plane in an exhibition. The show was seen by 28,000 people.
Feb., 1947: A Navy firefighter uses a carbon dioxide vapor spray to snuff out a fire in a plane in an exhibition. The show was seen by 28,000 people.
Sept., 1952: Rear Adm. John Dale Price (center) inspects part of the 2,000 naval air reservists during ceremonies at the base.
Sept., 1952: Rear Adm. John Dale Price (center) inspects part of the 2,000 naval air reservists during ceremonies at the base.
June, 1953: The NAS Glenview baseball team.
June, 1953: The NAS Glenview baseball team.
July, 1954: Shot of the “White Derby,” which is the new Enlisted Men’s Club at the air station. The remodel took about four months and cost approximately $23,000. New additions included a horseshoe-shaped bar, a draught beer dispenser and white leather booths. The club was located downstairs in the Recreation Building.
July, 1955: Striking employees of Electronic Circuits plant in Glenview picket the main gate of Glenview Naval Air Station because some sailors stationed at the base had been working at the plant in their off hours. Pickets halted some truck deliveries.
July, 1955: Striking employees of Electronic Circuits plant in Glenview picket the main gate of Glenview Naval Air Station because some sailors stationed at the base had been working at the plant in their off hours. Pickets halted some truck deliveries.
Jan., 1956: Glenview airmen and a hotel guest visit a Miami Beach swimming pool. In the evenings, flyers in training had time for relaxation and recreation.
Jan., 1956: Glenview airmen and a hotel guest visit a Miami Beach swimming pool. In the evenings, flyers in training had time for relaxation and recreation.
July, 1956: Cougar jets manned by Blue Angel teams of navy and marine pilots pierce the sky in take-off at Glenview.
July, 1956: Cougar jets manned by Blue Angel teams of navy and marine pilots pierce the sky in take-off at Glenview.
May, 1961: A squadron is trained in anti-submarine warfare, using sonic waves instead of a radar. The ultra sonic radar trainer stimulates an actual attack on a submarine.
May, 1961: A squadron is trained in anti-submarine warfare, using sonic waves instead of a radar. The ultra sonic radar trainer stimulates an actual attack on a submarine.
May, 1961: Glenview-based Navy jets like this one are factors in a controversy between the base and the village of Glenview over a proposed landfill north of the air station.
May, 1961: Glenview-based Navy jets like this one are factors in a controversy between the base and the village of Glenview over a proposed landfill north of the air station.
May, 1961: An example of an aircraft that will be on display at Glenview Naval Air Station's open house on Armed Forces Day.
May, 1961: An example of an aircraft that will be on display at Glenview Naval Air Station’s open house on Armed Forces Day.
Aug. 1962: A large crowd views an FJ-4 Fury at an open house for the 25th anniversary of the base.
Aug. 1962: A large crowd views an FJ-4 Fury at an open house for the 25th anniversary of the base.
Sept., 1963: Kim and Jeff Stewart of Aurora view the type of Navy jet fighter plane that crashed into a Northbrook home the previous day. The pilot ejected himself from the jet before the crash, and while the home was destroyed, no one was injured. The jet missed Glenbrook North High School by just a few blocks.
Sept., 1963: Kim and Jeff Stewart of Aurora view the type of Navy jet fighter plane that crashed into a Northbrook home the previous day. The pilot ejected himself from the jet before the crash, and while the home was destroyed, no one was injured. The jet missed Glenbrook North High School by just a few blocks.
May, 1964: Richard Schram, naval reserve captain, performs low-level acrobatics, which he will put on display at Glenview Naval Air Station's air show.
May, 1964: Richard Schram, naval reserve captain, performs low-level acrobatics, which he will put on display at Glenview Naval Air Station’s air show.
Nov., 1964: Jim Matthews, 8, of Winnetka, sits in the cockpit of a helicopter during an open house.
Nov., 1964: Jim Matthews, 8, of Winnetka, sits in the cockpit of a helicopter during an open house.
Dec., 1964: One of three planes hauling food, clothing and Christmas presents is unloaded at Rhinelander, Wis., by naval officers and enlisted men from Glenview Naval Air station. The air lift to Rhinelander was met by members of the Chippewa tribe, who transported donations to the Lac Du Flambeau Indian reservation.
Dec., 1964: One of three planes hauling food, clothing and Christmas presents is unloaded at Rhinelander, Wis., by naval officers and enlisted men from Glenview Naval Air station. The air lift to Rhinelander was met by members of the Chippewa tribe, who transported donations to the Lac Du Flambeau Indian reservation.
Jan., 1967: A fireman inspects what's left of the living room in the air base home of Rear. Adm. Richard L. Fowler, the head of the Navy's air reserve training program. Fowler was killed in the blaze along with his wife and two children.
Jan., 1967: A fireman inspects what’s left of the living room in the air base home of Rear. Adm. Richard L. Fowler, the head of the Navy’s air reserve training program. Fowler was killed in the blaze along with his wife and two children.
May, 1967: A $2.5 million fire gutted the commissary building at the base. The building's theater, grocery store, barber shop, cleaners and library were destroyed in the largest fire in base history.
May, 1967: A $2.5 million fire gutted the commissary building at the base. The building’s theater, grocery store, barber shop, cleaners and library were destroyed in the largest fire in base history.
Oct., 1968: An overhead shot from the base's 22nd annual Military Personnel Inspection. Many high ranking officers and visiting dignitaries attended the colorful event.
Oct., 1968: An overhead shot from the base’s 22nd annual Military Personnel Inspection. Many high ranking officers and visiting dignitaries attended the colorful event.
Aug., 1971: A family from Wichita, Kan., examined plane models at the National Model Airplane Championships, held at Glenview Naval Base.
Aug., 1971: A family from Wichita, Kan., examined plane models at the National Model Airplane Championships, held at Glenview Naval Base.
Feb., 1973: A crowd waits to greet Navy Lt. Comdr. Joseph C. Plumb Jr., whose plane was shot down over North Vietnam in May 1967. “It would be insufficient to say this is the happiest day of my life,” Plumb told the crowd, which had waited for hours to greet him.
Dec., 1974: Patrol Squadron 90, based at Glenview Naval Air Station, can fly anywhere in the world on sub hunting missions. The plane, which in civilian life was known as the Lockheed Electra, had sophisticated electronic equipment and can work day or night.
Dec., 1974: Patrol Squadron 90, based at Glenview Naval Air Station, can fly anywhere in the world on sub hunting missions. The plane, which in civilian life was known as the Lockheed Electra, had sophisticated electronic equipment and can work day or night.
Aug., 1984: Banners and chants float through the air in front of Glenview Naval Air Station as demonstrators protest the U.S. Navy's role in Central America and Puerto Rico. The group, which called itself the New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism, marched to against personnel training on equipment they claim is used against the Salvadoran and Nicaraguan people.
Aug., 1984: Banners and chants float through the air in front of Glenview Naval Air Station as demonstrators protest the U.S. Navy’s role in Central America and Puerto Rico. The group, which called itself the New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism, marched to against personnel training on equipment they claim is used against the Salvadoran and Nicaraguan people.
May, 1991: Attendees at the NAS Glenview Air Expo look over an EA-6B Prowler Navy plane.
May, 1991: Attendees at the NAS Glenview Air Expo look over an EA-6B Prowler Navy plane.
Aug., 1991: Siobhan White of Arlington Heights holds her five-year-old son, Aidan, as he feels the nose of an A-10 Warthog at the air station's Air Expo.
Aug., 1991: Siobhan White of Arlington Heights holds her five-year-old son, Aidan, as he feels the nose of an A-10 Warthog at the air station’s Air Expo.
March, 1992: A stairway is all that remains of a recreational building destroyed by an extra-alarm fire at the Glenview Naval Air Station. No one was injured, and damage was estimated at $10 million.
March, 1992: A stairway is all that remains of a recreational building destroyed by an extra-alarm fire at the Glenview Naval Air Station. No one was injured, and damage was estimated at $10 million.