This former Air Force Base is now a popular, quiet Denver …
May 10, 2017 · Once a prominent Air Force base training missile specialists and aerial photographers, Lowry Field is now a unique and highly sought-after Denver neighborhood. Lowry Field sits on the far...
Lowry Air Force Base - Wikipedia
Lowry Air Force Base (Lowry Field from 1938–1948) is a former United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War.
AF transfers last piece of former Lowry AFB back to community
Jun 14, 2012 · BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE | The final 70 acres of the former Buckley Annex was given back to the Denver community during a final transfer ceremony June 1. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the old Lowry Air Force Base was once a thriving hub for the United States Air Force and its members, and is now a vibrant and prosperous residential neighborhood.
Lowry - Denver Urban Renewal Authority
The War Department tasked Lowry Airfield with training more than 55,000 men annually for World War II combat. Following WWII, Lowry Airfield became Lowry Air Force Base and continued to serve the Air Force into the 1990s. The Lowry Air Force Base was closed in 1994 as part of a national downsizing of the US armed forces.
Asbestos cleanup stalls Lowry redevelopment | 9news.com
Mar 15, 2004 · DENVER (AP) - A state-ordered cleanup of asbestos at the former Lowry Air Force Base amounts to overkill and is holding up construction of homes and costing developers millions of dollars,...
Last Piece of Former Lowry Air Force Base Relinquished
Jun 8, 2012 · A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was mistakenly shot down in northern Syria on Dec. 9 by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
AF transfers last piece of former Lowry AFB back to community
Jun 6, 2012 · The celebration marked the final turn-over of the last 70 acres of former Lowry AFB. Marked for closure during the 1991 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commision, Lowry is now a sustainable, mixed-use community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kathrine McDowell)
Judge says military should pay cost of cleaning up closed bases
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Lawrence Baskir, in a Feb. 22 ruling, agreed with the homebuilders’ attorneys that the cleanup was covered under the 1993 law. He did not determine how much the Air Force will have to pay the developers for cleanup costs.
Lowry Celebrates Its Past and Present | Front Porch
Lowry Air Force Base closed 25 years ago, but the Lowry neighborhood redevelopment retains its history in 30 original buildings, as well as design elements that acknowledge the area’s storied past. “Our intent was not to scrape away the history and build everything new,” says Monty Force, executive director of The Lowry Redevelopment ...
NOT ALL BASE CLOSURES MEAN DOOM LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE …
The government has paid $82 million to clean up Lowry, which was not the only base to require extensive decontamination. More than 30 military facilities shut down since 1988 are on the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund list of the …