Legacy
The facilities and land of the former Donaldson AFB were returned to the City and County of Greenville and were renamed Donaldson Center Airport. Among the over 75 tenants of the industrial air park are Lockheed Martin, which services USAF, USN and USMC C-130s and USN P-3s there, Stevens Aviation (a 1950 spinoff of J.P. Stevens Company), 3M, Alan Pittman Race Cars (a fabricator of Pro Modified cars), the Greenville County Sheriff's Office Southern Area Command (SAC), and facilities supporting the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps Reserves.
Donaldson's presence also led to the establishment of Greenville's first restaurant serving pizza. Julius N. Capri of Altoona, Pennsylvania was posted at Greenville Army Air Base in 1944, and placed in charge of its civilian mechanics. After World War II, Capri's family opened the first of what later became several Italian restaurants near the base on Augusta Road.
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