Air base in Iowa or Missouri

[Jos Heyman]

Recently I drove from Des Moines, Iowa to Kansas City, Missouri and photographed the attached site.
Silly ole' me did not stop to take note of the location , so can anybody help me out. Where is it?

 

[_Del_]

Owatonna, Minnesota?

 

[Jos Heyman]

Thanks, I was a bit out with Iowa/Missouri, but I went past Owatonna in Minnesota, so it must be right. Can you give me a bit more information of the site? Is it a military facility?

 

[Orionblamblam]

Driving from Des Moines to Kansas City... with a pass through Owatonna? I've heard of some GPS foulups, but, dayum, that's a day out of your way.

But it does seem that Owatonna is where this display is located:

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/owatonna,t38/Interesting

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1210225,-93.2478475,58m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[_Del_]

It's just a municipal airport with a fantastic gate guard

 

[Jos Heyman]

Thanks guys - and I agree, it was driving from Minneapolis to Des Moines - not the next day's Des Moines to Kansas City. The confusion iin my brain was probably caused by the car playing up.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Thanks guys - and I agree, it was driving from Minneapolis to Des Moines - not the next day's Des Moines to Kansas City. The confusion iin my brain was probably caused by the car playing up.

Well, you'll always have your memories of the Corridor of Excitement that is the road from Minneapolis to Des Moines to Kansas City. For extra thrills, try I-70 across Iowa and Nebraska. You'll hardly be able to contain yourself as you try to find a geological feature that varies from the local datum by more than 20 feet...