Singed hair and broken eardrums

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:47:25 -0700 (PDT), 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.
Frank Reid

FWIW, it does.

TC,
R

On 2009-10-11 11:19:47 -0400, said:

FWIW, it does.

Kelly, AFB right next door.

Been there. Done that.

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

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:23:02 -0400, David LaCourse wrote:

On 2009-10-11 11:19:47 -0400, said:

FWIW, it does.

Kelly, AFB right next door.

Been there. Done that.

For better or worse, you won't do it again - Kelly AFB was closed.

TC,
R

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...

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.
Frank Reid

Lackland has a runway from my memory. ANG would not be based there. I
think we caught the charter to Keesler AFB without leaving Lackand. Lucked
out with the charter. Was one of the only ones they did. They had a bunch
of people going a lot further away, so those of us going to Keesler got put
aboard and they did a stop at KAFB. Beat the hell out of the reported 16
hour continous bus ride.