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2277 STUS lived in Mathes Hall, remember the ol Hitching post in town lol.

I was there in 1986 weather equipment maintenance school. What fond memories of weekends at chicago, friends at the bowling alley and that cold wind all winter.

I was there from the beginning of July to the middle of September 1980. AFSC 423X0 Aircraft Electrical Systems, good memories.

I was a Navy airman and went to Chanute to get paid when home on leave 1981.

I was a 56350 in 3332nd CE Sqdrn. there in '73. We had the old wooden barraks still. I ran the water plant just inside the West Gate.

E & E school from January through June 1993. Second to last class to graduate a class of the entire base. Place was a ghost town by time I left. It was sad to see the transition from full schools to nobody there in that time. I was even able to drive my car to school at the end. Valuable memories.

Was in Tech School at Chanute from September through December 1980. Dorm was building 341 (just like the AF Form 341).

Spent six months there in avionics training in 1972. 3350th and 3370th squadrons. The old B-36 is on display at Castle air museum now. Sad how such a productive training center is nothing anymore.

1966 - Instruments June thru August then to Iceland

Im 60.... Watched fiotball from like 70 till they knelt....it was fun to watch MEN work on a Sunday... I can't watch what they are doing today.....

I was stationed here in 1987.

I was stationed there from 74 to 78, as an instructor in the aircraft maintenance basic course. It was a great assignment. Unfortunately, they moved the training course to Texas.

This was after he got ejected for a late hit on a quarterback

Airframe tech school for me in 1987. First time I ever saw a tornado in person. Enjoyed going to Champaign Urbana. Important memories.

Great base, Missile Tech School 1987 !

7:16 Arrived Nov 9 1966 for hydraulic systems repair course . Cold, windy base but have many fond memories of it. In my opinon, the base had Old World Charm that you didn't find on other AFB's. I think it was the brick buildings and architecture. Very similar to Philadelphia Navy Base, now closed also. Finished course 5 March 67.

Great Memories! Having spent 5 years of my 28 year career at Chanute... I have always had a soft spot in my heart for it.

My old school

Was nice to see again...I was here 1982-83 for "Fabrication and Parachute Specialist" Training.

I was stationed there fall 1983 Air Frame Repair School. Cold cold and cold! Was warned about the snow snake, it only bit our 1st Sgt.

As a Browns fan I hated this guy, only because he was the nastiest (And best) SOB in the league. He WAS the leader of the Steel Curtain.

Imagine saying that in today's twinke culture. We would never know who Jack lamber was. My all time favorite player.

Sad that its totally abandoned. This is called progress.

Is the Chapel in the video still there?

Was there summer of 1992 for Maintenance Officer School; have happy old memories. School was interesting and our class started a Softball team that kept us pretty busy in the evenings. Most guys lived in old base housing -- we had an apartment in town. Miss having a base in the midwest.

My husband played MLB in college, and he hated offensive runners and most especially QBs, mainly because they were such narcissists. He and his fellow LBs got to the point that they didn't particularly care whether they won; they just wanted "to punish the hell out of RBs & QBs." I remember once we lost the game, yet when I met to hug him, he said, "Did you see that primpy QB get carried off in the third? It was beautiful, and it made mine and the boys day." As a cheerleader, I began getting the gals to beef up the cheers when our boys whacked a QB and they were slow getting up. Or had to leave the game. The crowds loved it. (Nowadays, you'd probably get put in prison!) I suppose that attitude is gone. And perhaps it's better that it is gone. But the fact that players like Jack Lambert and Dick Butkus meant to put a serous hurt on QBs, RBs, and Receivers (or really just anybody) on every play ought to be kept as a historical fact. But the NFL seems as though it's trying to erase that history. And like so many other things in our nation's history, they'll probably succeed in either changing or erasing it. Meanwhile, we have these films. And thank God for them!

This place was a "hell hole" in the winter of '64

I was there for four months in jet school during the coldest winter since the Ice Age ('77 - '78), including for the infamous Blizzard of Jan '78. Although Chanute beat Lackland by a mile, I didn't like it at the time and couldn't wait to leave. I was no doubt influenced by the cold, dark dreary weather almost the entire time I was there, plus missing my family and friends back home. In retrospect however, it wasn't that bad, and the four months went by much quicker than it seemed at the time. I've stopped by to see the (former) base and Rantoul a few times over the years when I passed through that part of Illinois on 74, and it's been interesting to see the changes. I graduated in Feb '78 and didn't come through that area again until '93, then 2010, and 2020. It's strange seeing what was a well-kept AF base deteriorate over the years.

Polamalu suggested tutus.

This is where I was raised. Chanute AirForce Base.

I grew up here during this time and miss it very much so

Stationed at Chanute winter of 1982. Great memories. Tech School was Aircraft Instruments. Ended up at Dover AFB C5s. Remember those long cold morning marches to White Hall.. my fingers frozen around briefcase handle and frozen stuff on that blue spiderman mask.. LOL.. still found memories. Can not remember the dormitory instruments stayed in though ?? Wish I could.

Sep 1981-Mar 1982. AFSC 341X6 Technical Training. A very cold winter!

I was there in 1973 for fire protection specialist training. Wood barracks, marching to and from training, sitting in the parking lot across from my barracks under the trees to do after class “ homework”, and I was in the student drum and bugle corps. Really had a lot of fun.

Airframe repair 10/84-12/84

Attended AMOC there from Aug-Dec 1985… I also got “winterized” for my first assignment at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota in Jan 86. Miss those days!

Does anyone remember going to the Tradewinds?

Boy does this bring back memories! Mostly good😊 I remember all the great people I met but damn it was windy and cold during the winter for a kid from S. California !!

When I went through Tech. School . In 1968 me and few other Airman got into the B36 on our way back to the barracks from the Airmans club

Was an USAF avionics tech on F-15s it was cool seeing the -60 turbine generator firing up and the hydraulic mule that we used to apply power and hydraulics to the aircraft for ground testing and maintenance.

I was at Chanute in early '76 for flight simulator school. The school was almost 8 months long and I was married (still am). We lucked out and got assigned base housing. I still had to drive to the barracks every morning so we could all march to the school. At the end of the day, we marched back to the barracks so I could get in my car and drive back to base housing. 🤨

There after basic training inTexas JetMech

I was there for Fire Protection Training in May to July 1976. I remember the squadron dorms were at the south end and we had to march up to the school hangar on the north end. If you were there at that time, you remember "Hey hey, Buffarillo". Good memories from Chanute.

Thanks for this video Tom. It's interesting to see these videos from back in the day, especially the ones from the 1980's. I was at Chanute for six weeks in the spring of 1983 for egress systems tech training. I can't specifically remember but I believe my dorm was Faktor Hall, that name seems familiar. The base was impressively huge and I only interacted with a very small part of it. Wasn't there long enough to really "bond" with Chanute or Rantoul but I do have good memories of the brief time I spent there.

I live in the town where this is abandon

I was sent there TDY back in 1989 to repair some telephone cable with my team. We were station at McClellan AFB, California at the time. We were with the 1849th Electronic Installation Sq, AFCC. Today, Both bases are now closed. ☹

NOW YOU SHOULD PUT THEM IN PINK BARBIE DRESSERS.

Stationed at Chanute twice once in 81 for fuels (POL) and again in 87 when I cross trained to Aircraft Electrical Systems Specialist. Not my favorite base and was kind of glad to see it close. In 1987 I lived off base with my wife in a run down trailer park. I felt like the locals didnt like the military presence and took advantage of the military. I had a landlord try to keep my $300 security deposit for a burnt out light in the fridge. Had to file a complaint with base housing office to get my money back. Went from there to Myrtle Beach AFB and loved it. Really hated to see Myrtle Beach close. Retired after 23 years and many bases and Chanute was the worst.

The real reason that the NFL wants to protect the quarterback is because they are what generates the revenue more so than any other position because points are what sells the most and you can't put up points if your quarterback is lying on the ground half of the game. Back in the day some of the NFL'S biggest starts at quarterback were taken out with one huge hit and it would take them out for weeks at a time, sometimes a whole season, and in some cases end their career indefinitely. (See Joe Theismann) Bottom line: the NFL can't have their cash cows slaughtered and sacrificed for the sake of good ole hard nosed tough assed gridiron football, that just can't happen nowadays; it's a business decision, it's a business model. The days of teams tying and final scores such as 16 to 9 and 13 to 6 almost killed the NFL so consequently this led to a virtually unanimous decision to change direction and change the old business model into the new business model of what we watch on Sunday's now.

Before his teeth started sacking the quarterback 😁