Thanks, tailback!
I surely am gonna miss hearing those planes overhead,
and seeing them at PDX.
These are the planes at PDX, aren't they?
Yup, the F-15's you see taking off at PDX are the ones. They sure are cool, my shop faces the runway and when I hear that roar I still can't help but look. I'll miss them too, but that's the price of progress. UAV's and the F-22 will be doing a lot of the stuff that the Portland squadron used to. The airbase in Klamath Falls is nicer than some active duty bases I've seen, and the guys that move down there will be happier I think than in Portland overall. The article in todays Salem paper says my unit will be staying unfortunately. I was hoping it would move closer to home or at least a newer facility. (maybe one with working air conditioning)