Building 2050, Repair Hangar

ID: 5538 ~ Source: https://www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001518771/mediaid/1105245/ ~ Creator: The United States Airforce
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The 12-acre repair hangar was the largest building built on the base. The United States Army initially requested 1200 acres of land for the base, but the city of Spokane raised enough money to purchase over 2000 acres.

This file appears in: Spokane Army Air Depot

By Devrick Barnett
The United States military acquisition of McChord Field near Tacoma in 1937 created an additional need for military supply depots in the pacific northwest, and as the likelihood of US participation in the second world war increased it became a more…