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To: pabianice

Isn't Wright Patterson the center of the Air Force? While Bermuda is a nice location, it's probably just another stop the to Navy.


7 posted on 11/28/2006 6:20:30 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62

Good point. Wright-Patterson was home to a major command(Systems) with plenty of Generals running around. Once they put the AF in a blender last decade, I lost track of what/who was where.

The Navy had the reputation for having the best of everything when I was growing up on Air Force bases. During flight training in Texas, my old man regularly killed snakes around the trailer he and his bride lived in that sat on blocks out in the middle of nowhere. The cottage built for hobbits at Lakenheath RAFB sucked as well. Hickham is no picnic, and Nellis had senior officers living in duplexes not unlike Section 8 housing. We did get our very own salt-pellet water softener, however.

There is a great deal of variance from base to base. The enlisted folks, the people who are the backbone of any service, really do not enjoy housing and amenities that they would enjoy in the civilian world for similar levels of responsibility/compensation.

My view is the AF enjoyed quite a honeymoon after WWII up to Viet Nam. The '70s were a wasteland for Air Force facilities. Once Reagan took office, this changed, or at least it did for the Tactical Air Command. Everything got better.

The Army and the Marines deserve much better than they get on average, IMO.







53 posted on 11/28/2006 7:12:19 AM PST by jblair (Son of a Wild Weasel)
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