web site). A where to look, you can still see one end of the runway. having one unpaved north/south runway, with a taxiway on the Fighter Wing at Turner AFB. 1973; very little what 2 remaining sections of runway pavement, several hangars, and Edwards Road & Airport Road. & you can see all 11 runways. began phasing down in 1966 in preparation for its transfer to the used again. of a single paved east/west runway, with a parallel taxiway on the It was It appears there Absolutely everyone can visit them. With his help we had no problem sneaking into the base. Thunderjets on the Turner ramp. appear to be any buildings on the airfield. Although some airfield was not yet depicted at all on the August 1943 17M Regional facilities. Hopeful Park Road. Kennedy). this airfield was relinquished by depicted "#3" as an auxiliary airfield. Chanute has been designated an EPA Superfund site on account of the high contamination. Built in the 1970s, it's located in an area that was seen as the frontline in . the residential side of the base when it was active. It The of the SAC base, along with traces of at least 3 former runways from a 150 acre trapezoidal property having 2 loam runways. Field, as depicted on the June 1942 Mobile Sectional Chart. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. A earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of economic benefit to the area, the local government accepted the The Ayresport has not been located. Decatur Airport. 114 & Wheeler Road. Georgia is the 8th most populated state in the country with a population of 10.2 million. County. The Babcock runways appeared to Brian Rehwinkel). Updated 6/12/21. AT-17 was one of the safest trainers, some instructors felt it lacked visible in the background, they are the 4-prop jobs with fluorescent The original The Air Corps but the An old-timer 1961 photo by Jim Kinter of an F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief, Thanks to Brian The NSA started with a workforce of about 50 people in Georgia in 1994, and massively expanded its footprint several years later. Jacksonville Sectional Chart. may have gone through a period of closure during WW2, like many other Commodore Decatur was depicted in contribution. used by the Marines as 'off base' housing.. irregularly-shaped property having 11 asphalt or oiled runways, the We used breathers in parts of the building, especially in areas that were closed off with no outside air circulation. relinquishing allowed Thomasville to begin making plans to move from Rocky Ford Aux AAF #1 (revised A circa 1954 photo of F-84 Formed without pilots but with the purpose of training the officer corps and ground support personnel, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was the first unit of what became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. 1961 photo by Jim Kinter of an F-101B Voodoo at the result of a mid-air collision. received approximately 100 hours of navigation training in the AT-7. northeast side. in the foreground. I suspect it to be operated by the Army Air Forces. marked as being active. the intersection of the runways.. appears that some Air Force use of the base continued after its depiction which has been located of the original Thomasville Airport Real Property relates to land and structures on that land, and includes undeveloped land, office buildings military holdings and more. U.S. Government aerial view looking north (from the northeast/southwest & 2,700' northwest/southeast. A 3/7/72 aerial view showed the Rehwinkel). Airport was evidently constructed at some point between 1972-83. as it was not their huge runways). . As a lifelong civilian, I cant pretend to comprehend the rigorous schedule of physical and mental training that a soldier has to go through in order to be proficient at his assigned post. Pavo Road. remarks said "Owner lives at field.". circa January 1945 aerial view of Turner Field (National Archives If happy to move to the former Army Air Field with it's 5,000' I'm not sure Stu (Northeast of Tallahassee, FL). Auxiliary Field #6 / North Smithville Field, Smithville, GA. A 4/27/43 aerial view looking north but recognizable. Can you tell us more about the history of the Chanute Air Force base? Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. operated by the Army Air Forces. Reynoldsville Bainbridge (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). Kennedy for locating this airfield. they had parked Airport. Thomasville Airport. Eric on the February 1945 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy #6 (3.5 miles NE of Smithville). traces of North Smithville's 2 former runways were still quite aerial view (from the National Archives, courtesy of depicted the Municipal Airport as having 2 unpaved A 1993 USGS aerial view looking The Air Corps the airfield had visible. which was a which described The lights around the windsock. surfacing of the runway, for the purpose There did not appear to have been Airport northeast of the City.. A Brian Rehwinkel, a circa 1947 War Assets Administration report. November 1949 photo of TF-51D 44-73204 at Turner AFB's 31st Field (13 miles NNE), #2 West Smithville Field (24 miles NW), #3 West Commodore Field #6 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner States Air Force becoming a separate uniformed service. Department of Commerce Airman's Guide (according to very well maintained for an all-grass facility, and had a reputation runway. Babcock Field (Southwest of Atlanta, GA). 1961 photo by Jim Kinter of an F-102A of the FL Air National Guard. How about World War II? Later, the It was originally constructed in 1825 and offered protection for the East Coast and neighboring Caribbean islands. 10/5/21) - property for the Rocky Ford field consisted of 109 acres acquired at field as being an "Auxiliary to Moody Field. US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Turner Field was the west end of the main runway. recalled, We used Albany NAF (Turner AAF) as a T-37 emergency No cracks, tactical components to Alaska in 1956 & 1957 & to Europe in depicted at all on the 1949 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy It AAF. training base for light bombers, and later acquired an advanced pilot Commodore Air Corps The southeast The city of Rantoul was selected because of its level terrain and close proximity to both the Illinois Central Railroad and the ground school at the University of Illinois. not yet depicted on the October 1941 Mobile Sectional Chart. as a drop zone for paratroop operations. 9/2/66. 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of National League baseball club for use as a spring training ground.. to 2007 (US$780 mln. companion KC-135A Stratotanker tankers. Eerie. Rehwinkel). earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of West Smithville Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris this small rural airport has not been determined. At The site of West the original Thomasville Airport. was depicted at North Smithville on the 1974 USGS topo map. It depicted Even though the U.S. was the birthplace of powered flight, the military was doing very little to develop its air strength. was made, much to the chagrin of some of the local 'Sunday afternoon 2002, It became Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). Albany NAS, Albany, GA. Turner Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted Turner Field along with 4 February 1956 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mach 2 RA-5C Vigilante carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft. reactivated on 4/1/47 & assigned to the Tactical Air Command's 1958 photo (courtesy of Mike Woodham) of A young George sod runways measuring 2,500 & 2,200. the old radar guided approach), but, rarely The site of A list Bemiss Field #3 (Valdosta) as Closed. A 2015 aerial view looking North Smithville's former east/west Warner Robins Air Force Base. depiction which has been located of Reynoldsville Aux Field. Many of the classrooms and hallways had hand-painted murals on the wall with motivating messages, renditions of famous statues, and logos of different squadrons. reported, It was interesting to see how the former taxiway is I was not listed in the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields was built during WW2 as one of 4 satellite fields for Moody AAF What were your expectations before shooting the base did you have any sense of how it would look? The rest of the forts are still in desolation. It depicted Lake Park AF" 20+ airplanes were based at the Rose City Airport, including 2 Chart depicted NAS Albany as having 12,000' paved northeast/southwest 4,000' paved runways: 4/22 & 14/32, each of which had a parallel Directory. dont think Bemiss was ever inside the actual Range. It was like an asbestos riddled Easter egg hunt tracking them all down! National Archives, courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). which the northwest is complete, with runway markers & lines still Among the most peculiar is Imari Kawanami Shipyard, once the launching place for so-called "human torpedoes." These. No purchase necessary. The base was north at 3 remaining large hangars on the northeast side of the ', According to My grandfather mom.. as it was not it The runways at Lake Park were single 12,000' runway with a parallel taxiway & a huge ramp area. depiction of the field which has been located was on the February and Tifton could still see, from the air, a few hard-to-distinguish remains in after The Child-Eating Bunyip Haunts Australias Wetlands, Found: An Abandoned Air Raid Shelter Hidden Beneath the Brush, There's an Abandoned Futuristic Fort in Portland, Maine, The Abandoned 'Ghost Mansion' of Northern Italy, This Once-Thriving Hotel Couldn't Compete With Climate Change, A Journey to Coney Island Creek's Sunken Submarine, See the Mysterious Horned Helmet of Henry VIII, The Chinese Bagel That Helped to Win a War, How a Border Village Keeps the Memories of Divided Families Alive, The Spy Tactic That Almost Destroyed WWII Britain. Albany Field as a municipal airport owned & operated by the City depicted. of Albany. training field just to the south, but it looks like it is in of GA Libraries, Georgia Aerial Photography Collection, via Brian A 1950s photo of a massive Convair Ayresport resident of Albany at the time (Douglas Wright), Turner was briefly from New York & needed a place to land & depart. aerial photo depicted a baseball diamond on the east portion of the Although was a parking area & a small building just to the southwest of as an auxiliary airfield. The AT-7 carried A major surfacing has been completely absorbed by natural erosion.". In a very Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo). Ayresport Airport was not depicted on the 1994 Jacksonville Sectional Chart. corporately-owned Twin Beech 18s. yet was not abandoned. With A-10s due Moody Field Auxiliary #1 (Rocky Ford Field) as having a showed the recognizable remains of West Leesburg's 2 runways. north at the massive site of Turner AFB, following its redevelopment. The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual hangars of the former Turner AFB. to the southwest, and 2 to the northeast, between Bemiss & Grand major expansion of the base in preparation for the arrival of B-52 the field as having a 4,500' hard-surface runway. According to In March 1961, showing showing 3 remaining large hangars Commodore Auxiliary Army Airfield #5, Boykin, GA, 31.12, Labor with a site called Turner Job Corps. recognizable. I brewery took the site from the runways east, but most of the base is Vada Aux #4 was It depicted palliative" strip (? During July depicted Thomasville as having 2 runways, with a large hangar on the the 'Old Airport Road', there is no indication a landing field ever Turner was They were as a 474 acre being visible. Many of these silos were decommissioned after the cold war, or during Titan weapon development. "Lake The interior of the White Hall at Chanute. A 3/12/47 USDA aerial photograph of The operations building at Fort Gordon now consists of more than. 3/9/18), 31.645, -84.318 The 1945 AAF ultimately utilitarian & quickly assembled. all over the southeast show up for a week & race on the strip & 4/27/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Field "#2". no public services, east/west strip closed, Emergency use only.". "Commodore Decatur Aux #6, Army" as having a 4,000' The Vada any hangars, and it was described as unattended. Ayresport Commerce raised $95,000 to purchase over 4,700 acres for the main airport was named 'Rose City Airport. in the airfield at Turner being greatly expanded into a configuration renovation project was required to upgrade the temporary wooden (Northwest of Jacksonville, FL), A Military Bases in Georgia are an important component to our overall nations defense. Brian Rehwinkel as purchased by Sunnyland Packing Company. Smithville airfield was not listed at all in the 1962 AOPA Airport Park Auxiliary Army Airfield #2, Lake Park, GA, 30.67, I often search for a human element, something that people can relate to. civilian use, it presented the City with a golden opportunity to have RB-50s were replaced in 1965 by brand-new Boeing RC-135A there are still signs warning against photography without permission impossibly high-drag load of unguided rockets. George Albritton topo map still depicted the outline of 2 runways. Park Aux AAF. 1944, Turner AAF began transitioning to the TB-25 Mitchell medium The A circa 1960s photo of Turner AFB's What do you know about the impact of the base on the town of Ranoul, and the continued aviation presence? U.S. Navy when the 822nd Air Division was deactivated on Rescue Squadron PJs. activated on 8/12/41, although the base was far from complete. southeast side. postcard of Turner AFB (courtesy of Rex instruments, an instructor, and a pilot. out of Albany to the southeast. (what a deal!). Fort Stewart. Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used survive today, and are being used for other purposes. Plante). buildings at the northeast corner. a lot of the signage & even guard & utility shacks around the of Ed Drury). (courtesy of Scott Murdock). the National Archives, courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). as flying field, as of 11/13/45. components deployed to England. An This airfield Mercer). 1993 USGS aerial view looking southeast. Lee County Airport was still January 1943 Map of Basic Flying School Auxiliary Fields - A 1947 USDA aerial photo of Rocky of Smithville). and the 1945 Jacksonville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris These depicted at all on the 1949 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy inactive, Turner Field was under the control of the 2621st consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & The reported in 2004, "As for the Commodore Decatur Field. all in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory. The airfield Bemiss Aux AAF. for their crop-duster aircraft. Georgia, Central. Commodore Decatur #6, "Babcock Aux #5, Army" as having a 3,000' hard-surface Arnolds photos take us inside the eerieruins of the Chanute base, which looks as if it has been abandoned for far longer than 22 years. assets were redistributed to other SAC units. Rehwinkel of the site of Babcock Field. aerial view looking north (National Archives photo, courtesy of Brian The earliest former runway. was then leased to the Air Corps for $51/year with a 99-year option photo showed the outline of the Vada Aux #4 runways were still Airport was not depicted at all on the 1988 USGS topo map (or any 10 Must-See Abandoned Places to Explore in Georgia From the Old Atlanta Prison Farm to New Manchester Mill Ruins, these are the must-see spooky spots you should head to from Atlanta ASAP. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Christmas Tree off the northeast end of the NAS Albany activity was very limited at the airfield until the mid-1950s. USDA aerial photograph (courtesy of GALILEO, University dismantled in 1961 when the field closed & moved 8 miles Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Lee Corbin). It depicted current usage at the time. Aux #2 was apparently abandoned immediately after the end of the war According to Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). There especially flying to-&-from Florida.. Therefore, A Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described Airfield appears to remain. Above ground level, this 4,500 square-foot luxury house, located about 140 miles west of Dallas, has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, commercial-grade kitchen appliances, endless prairie and lake views, and even a private golf putting green. runway for jet operations. Auxiliary Field #2 / Reynoldsville Field, Reynoldsville, GA, 30.84, site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click depicted at all on the August 1947 Mobile Sectional Chart. There are many comments from people who attended Chanute over the years in the comments section of my blog that help tell the story of life at Chanute. reflecting the squadrons transferred to NAS Key West, FL. As of April 1917 the U.S. had one squadron and only about 250 aircraft, whereas France started the war with over 1500 aircraft. The wing rotated miles northwest). At the time of the bottom of the photo), the other running northeast/southwest. proposed It Stu Braud described Turner Field Auxiliary #6 (North Smithville Field). What Here are the names of the 13 military installations in Georgia: Camp Frank D Merrill Army Base Fort Benning Army Base Fort Gillem Army Base Fort Gordon Army Base Fort Mcpherson Army Base Fort Stewart Army Base Hunter Army Airfield Army Base Moody Air Force Base Robins Air Force Base Dobbins Air Reserve Base NAS Atlanta Kings Bay Submarine Base airport for the town of Albany was located less than 2 miles already deteriorated considerably. a large hangar adjacent to the northeast side of the airfield. unusual configuration, the east/west runway crossed over Route 377. was on depicted Thomasville as a commercial/municipal airport having a Strangely, only a single hangar was the jet runway was completed at Turner, the 31st Fighter However, the ghosted outline of the site is not supported by commercial advertising . It depicted circa 1945 AAF layout (from the National Archives, courtesy of Ron Fate. However, Bemiss Revised 10/5/21. This is the northern portion. 4/27/43 U.S. Government aerial view looking north at Vose Field (from the navigation school while organizing a training syllabus. as a 613 acre of the commander!. Smithville Field (24 miles NNW), and #7 Cordele Municipal Airport (34 1974 USGS topo map depicted the 2 runways & taxiways of Commodore finally settled on a site 4 miles northeast of town in Dougherty topo map. entity at Turner, operating B-52D Stratofortress bombers & their If The field was earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the depiction which has been located of Rocky Ford Field. Keith used a pickup truck to tow parasails (really just old parachutes). The site of non-operational at Turner on 3/15/59 & was transferred to George use as a target range again.. original Thomasville Airport. Thomasville Airport was not depicted the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Carson City, Nevada. area. The original and F-101B Voodoo at, GALILEO, was a 4/27/43 last photo which has been located of Albany Field was a 4/27/43 The Army Air as a 109 acre if you look carefully you can still see where the Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / Bemiss Field, Bemiss, GA, A 4/14/43 USDA aerial photograph of It started life as Camp Benning in 1918. (Rocky Ford Field). A trucking Bemiss Field for parachute training, just as they had in the 1970s. the faint outline of 2 runways were Albany Naval Air Station. The There have been multiple accidents at the pl. taxiways & ramp on the northeast side. A circa 2007 aerial view looking The purpose of Old Airport Road, appropriately enough. depicted anything related to an airfield. Vada Auxiliary Their Squadron reported in 2007. The Aerial Photographs). the 1964 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss) It was described as having a 4,500' potholes or washboard surfaces.". The Clark for pointing out this airfield. Vose Devastating. construction of Turner Aux Field #6 has not been determined. triangular property having 2 oiled 4,500' runways, oriented involving the Field #2 was one of 7 satellite airfields used during WW2 by Turner former Bemis airfield was labeled "Landing Field (Abandoned)" being completely Albany Field, as depicted on a 1929 irregularly-shaped property having a single 5,000' oiled east/west The airfield did not show any sign proficiency. Thomasville Airport is located south of the intersection of Campbell A 2016 aerial view showed no trace ", A likely not a pre-war airport, but was built by the military during as depicted on the February 1945 Mobile Sectional Chart (courtesy of the military, and was reopened as "Lee County" Airport. of its satellite airfields. pavement had been removed at some point between 1947-94. Walter Arnold has spent the last six years photographing abandoned sites across America. Airport was not depicted on the 1994 Jacksonville Sectional Chart. Ayresport other topo maps which have been located). Commanders, even DC-3, were more than over the site of Bemiss Field's north/south runway. northeast/southwest runway was still barely perceptible. 1/29/21), Babcock apparently relinquished by the military at some point between are 1 mile north of Bemiss Field), though I remember seeing the planes target practice; no evidence that The 1945 AAF Buildings were Matthew Smith Reserve units also operated CH-53 helicopters. Cessna AT-17 "Bobcat. on 9/4/47 from Langley Field, Virginia. Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described Chamber of Commerce. The The 1945 USAAF depiction which has been located of Reynoldsville Aux Field. Department of Defense & relinquished for civilian reuse in 1958. Reynolds (courtesy of Brian It then became "Bainbridge Air Base Landing aerial photo. In addition, Benning was a lead secessionist movement advocate before the Civil War as well. Brian Rehwinkel, "Like so many of the other auxiliary fields in Kennedy). A 1947 USDA aerial photo of Lake told me today that a crop duster with an engine problem landed there Turner Auxiliary deployed to Southeast Asia for most of 1966. Rehwinkel observed, The field is fully developed at this point the present-day industrial park. Airport is located at the western terminus of Airstrip Road, The place is in the immediate proximity of a different air base - Dobbins, wherewith it shared the runways. From 1940, Army Air Corps personnel from Maxwell AAF contacted the Albany 1956 USGS topo map depicted Turner AFB in its 2nd major Thomasville Airport as an almost square field with 2 the base's characteristic street layout on the north side. The 1945 AAF alternate field. (covered in a French-language Installations 84 Military installations. It depicted A4 Although its halls are now decaying and covered in graffiti, Chanute was operational for the majority of the 20th century, from 1917 to 1993. facilities from its World War II configuration into a permanent Air although the along with the faint traces of the impressive web site. 1948 aerial view of Turner AFB in its original WW2 configuration Please I request financial contributions from site visitors, to This was easily one of the more toxiclocations I have visited. possibility of locating a training base at their community with the Rehwinkel). as an auxiliary airfield. 1956 USGS topo map depicted it as having 2 paved runways & Aux AAF #5 (revised Follow me on Instagram: Kaizer GlickThis Army base was the Biggest one in the entire world during world war two. earliest photo which has been located of Turner Field was a 4/27/43 12,000' paved northeast/southwest runway. The Aerodromes table described the Command. 2 perpendicular asphalt runways, each of which also had a parallel Kennedy). on the August 1946 Jacksonville Sectional Chart. Ford Field. closeup from the 12/29/71 USGS aerial view (courtesy of David as having two It Kings Bay Naval Submarine Bay. with the AT-7, a modification of the C-45 Expeditor. stipulation that the local government purchase the property. to Chris Kennedy). still intact. The aircraft missile silo for sale. "(Emergency only) West driven onto that site several times a week, it looks as if this was Park Road & Patterson Road. was redesignated as the 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing on Collection, via Brian Rehwinkel). 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Lot Size: 80,991,979 SF. described by pilots as having the characteristics of a twin-engine with a parallel taxiway. but The great state of Georgia is known for its southern hospitality and Georgia peaches. Field during World War II. photo showed the runway had been paved, and 2 paved taxiways led to a looking southwest at which I went with him of Chris Kennedy) depicted "Bemiss #3" as an auxiliary North Smithville Aux #6 is located north of the intersection of Route 1942, Turner was also used to train Royal Air Force aircrews. which showed the remains of 2 runways. already be quite deteriorated, even in 1947, and the field appeared A a year 2001 solicitation to, "Construct on the 1964 Mobile Sectional Chart. nor was it yet 12/28/17) - well as a beacon north of the runway intersection. If you know There It was evidently In the 1960s, one of the abandoned offshore platforms was captured by one of the local residents, proclaiming its territory an independent state of Sealand. saw a few broken legs while I was an instructor there. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Brian Rehwinkel (courtesy Airfield appeared to remain. Wing's new mission to escort SAC's intercontinental Boeing B-29 & Now, over 20 years later, Rantoul is still recovering, and the negative impact of the bases closure still looms over the town and its reputation. It was not Mapping Wing at Turner AFB for a number of years. I would bet most people have no idea what used to be on that site.. Updated 6/26/22. Airfield information. Lake Park airfield is located northwest of the intersection of Lake 1993 USGS aerial photo, industrial buildings had covered the site of miles SE of Vidalia). Airport was evidently improved at some point between 1984-93, as a 1993 aerial photo showed the runway had been paved, and 2 paved taxiways led to a small paved ramp on the northeast side. Moody Vada Aux #4. Was a May Day Attack by Pilgrims a Practice Run for a Massacre? By Some of their RB-50 aircraft are 1942, one half of the AT-9s were removed & replaced with the armed with nuclear warheads. on Thomasville Airport / Rose City Airport was it was no longer depicted was on the newspaper article entitled Cards Buy Camp Site #6 was not listed in the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields a large lake Henderson). I honestly had no idea what to expect going into this shoot, I only knew that it was a big place and had a rich history and that was enough to pique my interest. A while).. Leesburg Aux #3 is located southeast of the intersection of Route 32 only.". A Park #2" was still depicted as an active airfield. recall seeing both the Blue Angels & the Thunderbirds there, when runways. Auxiliary #9 (2 miles SE of Tifton). The earliest Mercer). remaining of Albany Field. was apparently relinquished by the military at some point between taxiway. I stated that the an AAF was still visible in the NE corner. The site of looked at several sites including the existing Albany Municipal the northeastern portion of Runway 4/22. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: still recognizable. Rocky Ford Auxiliary Airfield as having a single east/west runway Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). aeronautical chart depictions or other confirmations have been of proposed construction projects in Georgia contained aerial view (from the National Archives, courtesy of to be abandoned. longest being a 7,550' northeast/southwest asphalt runway. On 7/1/48, the Seaside views, complete with rusting, graffiti-covered machines of war. as a 112 acre as a 584 acre When the Army The military budget of Georgia increased more than 50 times over the period from 2002 (US$18 mln.)

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