So much for Grissom Air Plane Patch getting the nod, not that the base had a snowball’s chance in BLEEP.
Ah yes, dear old Grissom AFB, aka Bunker Hill AFB/Naval Air Station. I remember my dad taking me there for an open house once and another time just to watch the B-58 Hustler’s take off and land.
It is a nice remote location, but I’ll have to agree that the missile center at Huntsville makes sense.
I’m guessing that they decided that Cape Canaveral was too much in the route of hurricanes tracking up the coast.