Lee County, Florida
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Lee County is located in southwestern Florida, United States, on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760,822. In 2022, the population was 822,453, making it the eighth-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Fort Myers, with a population of 86,395 as of the 2020 census, and the largest city is Cape Coral, with an estimated 2020 population of 194,016.
Base Operations at Page Field
Lee County Sheriff's Office patrol car
Lee County Sheriff's Office Airbus H125
FGCU's Academic Core
Buckingham Army Airfield
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Buckingham Army Airfield is an inactive United States Army Air Forces base, approximately 10 miles east of Fort Myers, Florida. It was active during World War II as an Army Air Forces Training Command airfield. It was closed on 30 September 1945, prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force as an independent service two years later in 1947. Part of the airfield is now in the Wild Turkey Strand Preserve.
Some of the over 700 buildings of the station area at Buckingham Army Airfield, 1944. Today none remain
A Juda railway target car on Buckingham AAF is readied for flexible gunnery practice
Photo of the motor pool showing E5 turret training trucks with mounted aircraft turrets used for training
A gunnery student from Buckingham AAF practices air-to-air firing with a 30-caliber machine gun from the rear seat of a North American AT-6C-NT Texan, AAF Ser. No. 41-32469. The "FM" on the fuselage indicates this is a Buckingham AAF (Fort Myers) aircraft.