Re: Plattsburgh NY - PLB or PBG?

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Big John" > wrote in message
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> Plattsburgh AFB was a SAC base. Had B-47's ('56-'65) then B-52's
> ('66-'71)and then FB-111A's. Also KC-135 tankers.
>

And also KC-97 tankers.

[Big John]

Steven

Knew that but couldn't validate it on the internet :o(

After Bush getting bashed on the Uranium in his speech, thought I'd
only include what I could show to be true :o)

Big John

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 12:16:32 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
> wrote:

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>"Big John" > wrote in message
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>> Plattsburgh AFB was a SAC base. Had B-47's ('56-'65) then B-52's
>> ('66-'71)and then FB-111A's. Also KC-135 tankers.
>>
>
>And also KC-97 tankers.
>

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Big John" > wrote in message
...
>
> Knew that but couldn't validate it on the internet :o(
>
> After Bush getting bashed on the Uranium in his speech, thought I'd
> only include what I could show to be true :o)
>

I spent a few months at Plattsburgh AFB in 1978, the KC-97s presence was
still felt then. Much of the KC-97 maintenance was done in "nose docks", a
large T-hanger like structure that the airplane could be towed into. The
wings and forward fuselage were fully enclosed, the wings in the crossbar of
the T and the front fuselage in the vertical, and a form fitting door was
shut around the fuselage aft of the wing. I saw the same structures at RAF
Lakenheath and K.I. Sawyer AFB, I expect most former SAC bases have them.
We could fit three FB-111As in one of them.