What is Mitchel Air Force Base?
{{Infobox military installation|name=Mitchel Air Force Base|ensign=[[File:Air Defense Command.svg|50px]]|partof=[[Aerospace Defense Command|Air Defense Command]]|location=Located near: [[Uniondale, New York]]|image=Mitchel Field - New York - 1968.jpg|image_size=300px|caption=Looking west in 1968, the airfield is mainly intact.|image2=[[File:Mitchel AFB NY 2006 Topo.jpg|300px]]|caption2=2006 USGS photo. The remains of runway 05/23 are visible in the center.|pushpin_map=New York|pushpin_label=Mitchel AFB|pushpin_mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg|pushpin_mapsize=300|coordinates={{Coord|40|43|32|N|73|35|42|W|type:airport_region:US|display=inline,title}}|ownership=|controlledby=|condition=|built=1917|builder=|used=1917–1961|materials=|demolished=|battles=|events=|past_commanders=|garrison=|occupants={{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Mitchel Air Base and Flight Line | location = Roughly Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Ellington Ave., East & West Rds., [[Garden City, New York]] | nrhp_type = hd | area = {{convert|108|acre}} | added = May 4, 2018 | refnum = 100002385 | nocat= yes }}}} '''Mitchel Air Force Base''' also known as '''Mitchel Field''' was a [[United States Air Force]] base. It is located on [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. The base was active since the [[American Revolution]]. It was used during [[World War I]] and II. After [[World War 2]], the base became an Air Force Base. The base was no longer in service in 1961. It is now home to the [[Cradle of Aviation Museum]], [[Nassau Coliseum]], [[Mitchel Athletic Complex]], [[Nassau Community College]], [[Hofstra University]], and [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]]. The area is a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). {{use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}{{Infobox airport | name = Historical airfield information<br />Closed 1961, non-existent today | elevation-f = 85 | elevation-m = 26 | website = | r1-number = 05/23 | r1-length-f = 6,700 | r1-length-m = 1,737 | r1-surface = [[Concrete]] | r2-number = 09/27 | r2-length-f = 4,960 | r2-length-m = 1