Thanks to all the Veterans who have served our country in times of Peace and in times of War.  We are very proud of all of you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for letting us live in freedom.

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I see they want resurrect SAC after the nuke transport debacle

My favorite Air Force base growing up as a kid was Blytheville (later Eaker AFB shortly before it closed) AFB in Arkansas. Good ole’ Strategic Air Command B-52 bomber base. Tons of fun, loved it.

From this former Army Infantry grunt, thank you to all the vets who have served and still serve.

BTW, WarEagle, NAC Engineers office was in I.G.Farben building, fortunately spared by bombs, which has a unique vertical people mover system; non-stop, open front, two passenger “boxes” on endless loop, just step on and off at your floor. disconcerting the first time you fail to exit at either bottom or top of loop and descend or ascend into blackness, until you realize the boxes stay vertical.

The vertical people movers were called paternoster lifts. I have been there. It was the Abrams Building at that time and V Coprs HQ. It was spared from destruction, because Eisenhower needed a HQ Building for SHAEF when they captured Germany.

Look up IG Farben building on the web. Interesting info.

Yep those things too. Those who have never served never hear the “war stories” about the endless hours of nothing. I got to visit the Dew Line Station at Hall Beach once. That radar site, literally in the middle of nowhere above the Arctic Circle, had been active since 1959 and had never seen a hostile target. Guys were there for a year.

From a former NORAD air defender, thanks for being there.

Talk about hitting you right in the heart.

Then there’s these too

Also got to relay a Happy Veterans Day to my son the recently discharged HM3 (Corpsman) this evening.

325 BS, 92d Bomb Wing (Heavy)
Fairchild AFB, WA
SAC Crewdog
1988-1991, when then-TAC pulled a hostile takeover and absorbed SAC

I see they want resurrect SAC after the nuke transport debacle

On November 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, Flyoverman said:
I would like all of you pre-1991 vets out there to take a moment and be proud of a battle you won that you may never know that you fought.

You mean sitting SIOP alert meant more than bad movies, all-out races from the BX on a klaxon, and “Vinyl Heaven”?

Orlo

On November 11th, 2008 at 6:37 pm, Flyoverman said:

One day I was running around the woods and noticed all these holes in the ground. There were big craters everywhere as far my eyes could see. Suddenly I realized these holes were the bomb craters from WW2 caused by the Air Corps bombing the German air base. It made an impression on me.

WarEagle82,

I knew one of the guys who put them there. He bombed Frankfurt twice.

One day I was running around the woods and noticed all these holes in the ground. There were big craters everywhere as far my eyes could see. Suddenly I realized these holes were the bomb craters from WW2 caused by the Air Corps bombing the German air base. It made an impression on me.

WarEagle82,

I knew one of the guys who put them there. He bombed Frankfurt twice.