A look at the Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. The base was established in 1917, during WWI. It was closed in 1993. Still in full swing here in this video, the Chanute Air Force Base was decommissioned and closed permanently seven years later. Video shot, written, and edited by Jeff Hellyer and Frederick Marx ("Hoop Dreams"), narrated by longtime Chicago radio and TV personality Art Hellyer, who was stationed at Chanute during WWII.