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**Ken Fortenberry** · October 11th, 2009, 06:34 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

wrote:
Frank Reid wrote:
The announcer said they were Texas Air National Guard out of
Lackland AFB in Texas. *TEXAS* for chrissake. What in the hell
is a goddamn plane from *TEXAS* doing in central Illinois
singeing my nose hairs and breaking my eardrums ?
Lackland AFB doesn't have a runway. Could be difficult landing those
things there.

FWIW, it does.

According to Wikipedia:

"Lackland gained a flying mission when adjacent Kelly Air Force Base
closed in 2001. The two-mile-long runway is now a joint-use facility
between Lackland AFB and the city of San Antonio. The portion of the
former Kelly AFB still under USAF control is now known as Lackland
AFB/Kelly Field Annex ..."

I don't really give a **** about all that, I just wish they'd keep
their goddamn jets to themselves.

--
Ken Fortenberry