Editing Glenview, Illinois (section)

===Naval Air Station===
[[File:Former Glenview Naval Air Station Tower.jpg|thumb|The control tower of the village's former [[Naval Air Station]] has been converted to shops as part of [http://www.theglentowncenter.com/ The Glen Town Center].]]
[[Naval Air Station Glenview]] was a major facility in Glenview for many years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/glenview.htm|title=Naval Air Station Glenview|access-date=April 14, 2004|archive-date=April 29, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040429110741/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/glenview.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was host to a number of squadrons, including the Coast Guard air/sea rescue [[helicopter]] service for Chicago/[[Lake Michigan]] and a squadron of [[P-3 Orion]]s which had the mission of East Coast antisubmarine warfare. The rationale for basing the squadron there was that so many reserve staff were in the central United States, and it was convenient to base the facility near the staff. As a 1−2 hour checklist had to be executed before scanning the seas, there was actually little dead time in the flight to the coast. The base consisted of 1 million cubic yards (800,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of concrete, {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} of runways and 108 U.S. Navy buildings. The only two buildings that are left from the naval airstation are the pilot tower and the chapel. The rest has been renovated into "The Glen Town Center" which is a shopping center.