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Kevin Brooks wrote in message . .. (CFA3) wrote in message . com... SNIP ORIGINAL POST Speaking of Nellis AFB and its surrounding area, I just read a post on another NG that states that the Red Flag exercises, which had previously been cancelled because of Iraq, have been re-scheduled for August 1 - 29. I have no way to confirm that myself, but I think it is relevant to any discussion about closing Nellis. Richard Caldwell |
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I was at Goose Bay for four years. The low level flying was never an issue until some bleeding heart left wing liberal tree huggers took it upon themselves to go on a crusade on behalf of the Innu. These 'misguided' individuals were nothing but a bunch of **** disturbers, most of whom had never heard of Goose Bay before. The George River Caribou herd (the largest herd in the world, estimated at more that 800,000 animals) is the largest it has been in many years. The existence of the NATO low level flying training program is the economic foundation of the region. Without it, the region would die an agonizing death. Cheers...Chris |
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av8r wrote:
I was at Goose Bay for four years. The low level flying was never an issue until some bleeding heart left wing liberal tree huggers took it upon themselves to go on a crusade on behalf of the Innu. These 'misguided' individuals were nothing but a bunch of **** disturbers, most of whom had never heard of Goose Bay before. The George River Caribou herd (the largest herd in the world, estimated at more that 800,000 animals) is the largest it has been in many years. The existence of the NATO low level flying training program is the economic foundation of the region. Without it, the region would die an agonizing death. I'll be sure to inquire while I'm there next week. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Between the noise-whiners and the real estate developers unless a base
is needed for vital defense reasons it's soon a goner. Look at the earlier ones to get the axe. George AFB was in a great location - chop! Hamilton - chop. I wonder how long Luke will last. As for Goose Bay and Cold Lake - madness! It's cold up there! Walt BJ |
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"av8r" wrote in message ... | Hi | | I was at Goose Bay for four years. The low level flying was never an | issue until some bleeding heart left wing liberal tree huggers took it | upon themselves to go on a crusade on behalf of the Innu. These | 'misguided' individuals were nothing but a bunch of **** disturbers, | most of whom had never heard of Goose Bay before. The George River | Caribou herd (the largest herd in the world, estimated at more that | 800,000 animals) is the largest it has been in many years. The | existence of the NATO low level flying training program is the economic | foundation of the region. Without it, the region would die an agonizing | death. | | Cheers...Chris Surely the exercises would pose _some_ additional risk to the Caribou - the taller ones at least. Cheers Dave Kearton |
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"Walt BJ" wrote
. As for Goose Bay and Cold Lake - madness! It's cold up there! I went up to Cold Lake in the winter, and it was sort of like Iceland. Not much snow on the ground, but your nose freezes and then you hear this cracking sound in your head :-) I didn't think it was as bad as Minot though. I think Minot was the only place I ever wore my nomex long johns... The food on-base was pretty bad (I found a button in my mashed potatoes), and downtown is completely unlike Vegas :-) No threat of a Tailhook convention up there. |
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Hi Andrew While you are in Happy Valley visit Uncle Sam's Butcher Shop at 13 Hillcrest Road. He sells all sorts of caribou meat products, smoked salmon and trout. I highly recommend it. Gawd I'm getting hungry just thinking of it. Watch the holes on the Trans-Labrador Highway. They might be confused with craters on the moon. Have a safe and wonderful trip and I expect lots of stunning pix and good narratives to go with them. Cheers...Chris |
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Hi Walt
Why is it that these NIMBY's build a house under the flight path of an airport and then they complain of the noise. What the hell did they expect. How frigging stupid are they. Ah, don't answer that I know already! There are lots of airports in danger of having air ops severely restricted as a result of housing developers slowly encroaching on them. I have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for these idiots. The Goose can still get pretty nippy in the winter. I was up there from 64 to 67 as an Air Force Brat, then again in 78 with the Air Force and and been up four times on TDY since 92. It is not as cold as say 30 or 40 years ago when it used to get regular temperatures of 30 below zero. It's a raw damp cold too. Back then the average annual snow fall was 14 feet. the big reservoir to the west as tempered the harsh WX somewhat. When were you at on the Goose Walt? Cheers...Chris |
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"Walt BJ" wrote in message om... Between the noise-whiners and the real estate developers unless a base is needed for vital defense reasons it's soon a goner. Look at the earlier ones to get the axe. George AFB was in a great location - chop! Hamilton - chop. I wonder how long Luke will last. As for Goose Bay and Cold Lake - madness! It's cold up there! Walt BJ Your right Walt, but its a dry cold :-)) BMC |
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"Brian Colwell" wrote in message . ca... "Walt BJ" wrote in message om... Between the noise-whiners and the real estate developers unless a base is needed for vital defense reasons it's soon a goner. Look at the earlier ones to get the axe. George AFB was in a great location - chop! Hamilton - chop. I wonder how long Luke will last. As for Goose Bay and Cold Lake - madness! It's cold up there! Walt BJ Your right Walt, but its a dry cold :-)) Reminds me of the question "Why do they call it Cold Lake?".....Cuz it's COLD! |
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