There’s an abandoned Air Force base with underground tunnels for sale on Facebook right now
A small police call of the property may be required
By Max Hauptman | Published Jan 19, 2022 4:55 PM
For anyone missing the creature comforts of living on post, and looking to put their home repair skills to good use, have you considered putting in a bid on the former Gettysburg Air Force Station?
There’s an abandoned Air Force base with underground tunnels for sale on Facebook right now
The 42-acre property outside of Gettysburg, South Dakota, complete with 50 bedrooms and 15 baths, is being listed for sale by owner Lev Goukassian, a retired businessman from California, on Facebook marketplace for $4.5 million. While first sergeants would be horrified at the unmowed grass and unpainted rocks, the land still contains a former barracks, operations center and mess hall, among other buildings, some of them connected by an underground tunnel.
In the listing, Goukassian featured various photos from the property, which he marked on Facebook as being “unfurnished.” The buildings are largely empty, with just the barest remains of a military presence and whatever scrap and ephemera has accumulated in the more than 50 years since the base was decommissioned. But Goukassian did say that they are structurally sound.
There’s an abandoned Air Force base with underground tunnels for sale on Facebook right now
Gettysburg Air Force Station was active from 1956 to 1958, one of 28 radar stations designed to guide interceptor aircraft towards enemy aircraft. This was at the height of the Cold War, when the U.S. operated hundreds of radar stations and missile defense centers around the country and abroad designed to provide some measure of early warning in case of a nuclear conflict.
