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400 AreaConstruction of four hangarsand two airfields began in the400 Area in December 1917.Squadrons of the United StatesArmy Air Service arrived herein 1918. Experiments withaircraft radios, radio direction400 Area with Alfred Vail Era Planesfinding, and aerial photography required ninety to ninety-five flights aweek. Flying activities transferred to Hazelhurst Field, Long Island, bythe end of the year, but enormous headway had been made at CampVail in adapting radio to aircraft.Following the departure of the flying activity in 1918 and until thecompletion of the 1200 Area in 1953, the hangars served asclassroom buildings for the Signal School. cix Before and after itsservice as an airfield, the site functioned as a polo field. cxThe last of the hangars was razed in1983. A Hangar One Memorial signalong Oceanport Avenue marks the spotto this day.The 400 Area also featured the U.S.Army Signal Corps Pigeon Breeding andTraining Section lofts. The lofts wereOceanport Marinalocated across Riverside Ave. from themarina, where there is now a playground. Homing pigeons served theArmy as couriers in WWI, WWII, and Korea.Building 166: Tecom-Vinnell Facilities Engineering OfficeBuilding 167: Department of Public Works Administrative SpaceBuilding 173: Department of Public Works administrative SpaceBuilding 196, 198: S&TCDBuildings 276-7 Directorate of Logistics Administrative SpaceBuilding 410:Building 413:Building 414:Building 417:Building 418:BarracksBarracksResidential Communities InitiativeHomeless ServicesBarracks29/30 .