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To: BBell
Hopefully they will run this complex like an Air Force base. NICE!

Living on Air Force bases for many years I say unless this housing complex can recreate the wonderful noise of 24/7 flightline operations with jet noise and the smell of burning JP4 all over then I don't want to go.

The thing I miss a lot is the continuous running of the B-52, KC-135A, or even the B-1B engines; either on the aircraft or being run in the Test Cell. The smell of the burning JP4 was an aphrodisiac to me. I loved it.

14 posted on 06/09/2018 10:12:50 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: OldMissileer

Ok. I should have added minus the noise. I was only on the flight line for embark/debark so the smell never bothered me but the was heard for miles.


22 posted on 06/09/2018 10:54:04 AM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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