An aerial photo of the Bruning Air Base (abandoned).

ID: 319 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2719.PH000002-000007 ~ Date: 2000
This file appears in: Bruning Army Air Field
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An aerial photo of the Bruning Air Base (abandoned).

This file appears in: Bruning Army Air Field

By The Explore Nebraska History team
Bruning Army Air Field, located northeast of here, was one of eleven army airfields in Nebraska during World War II. Construction began in September 1942 on 1,480 acres of farmland, for which the…