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Lowry Air Force Base, located in between the cities of Aurora and Denver, Colorado, until deactivated in 1994, was the site of a United States Air Force training base that was heavily involved with the training of United States Army Air Force bomber crews during WWII. It was permamently closed in 1994 as part of President Clinton's "hit-list" of military base closures. Due to the fact that Aurora and Denver had completely surrounded the base during that time, and that noise restrictions no longer permitted training at the base, the base had become essentially useless. It is generally cited as the wisest of the mass base-closures, and many people believe the only real argument and controversy surrounding its closure was why it wasn't done sooner. The land is now being used for commercial and residential development, though many of the old military buildings are still in use today. These include several massive hangers, one of which currently houses the Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, and another what is reportedly the largest indoor skating rink in the region.
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