biggest military airport in the world

"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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Even though the preparations were made for B-52 operations there it did
not happen.


So, then, the runway was lengthened to better accommodate the B-52
and KC-135 that were scheduled to replace the B-47 and KC-97 at Schilling.
I believe I said just that in an earlier post.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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Even though the preparations were made for B-52 operations there it did
not happen.


So, then, the runway was lengthened to better accommodate the B-52
and KC-135 that were scheduled to replace the B-47 and KC-97 at Schilling.
I believe I said just that in an earlier post.

Yes, the preparations were made (about $160 million) but when the base
closed it was still a B-47 unit. I suspect it was also still KC-97s but
just don't remember.

Tex

When I was in the 326FIS at Richards-gebaur AFB just south of KC MO
highway 71 was our war-emergency auxiliary runway. It ran parallel to
our longest runway 17-35 and was about 3 miles east of it. I don't
recall how much was the straightaway but it was quite a few miles, a
lot more than our F102s needed.
Walt BJ

"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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Nevertheless, the runway was lengthened in 1959-60, between B-47/KC-97
and
B-52/KC-135 operations at Schilling, and long before the B-70 would have
been operational.

Even though the preparations were made for B-52 operations there it did
not
happen. See:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/fa.../schilling.htm

From which the following paragraph is quoted.

On 19 November 1964, the Department of Defense announced that Schilling
along with 574 other bases around the world would be closed.

Whoa! *574* bases closed around the world?! I could believe 57 or 74, but
574 seems like a typo. Or did they include dozens of tiny little radio
shacks on Pacific islands with perhaps 5 personnel manning each one?
I know of Bong AFB in Wisconsin being closed before completion in 1961 but
that doesn't really count here...

Nick