FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona ~ 03 JAN 2012

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Road Trip: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base adjacent to Tucson, Arizona. The installation is primarily an Air Combat Command (ACC) base with the 355th Fighter Wing (355 FW) as the host activity. The base is also home to Headquarters, 12th Air Force (12 AF) and the Air Force Material Command's (AFMC) 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG), previously known as the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

The 355th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, however, other units also call D-M home. Twelfth Air Force, the 563rd Rescue Group and The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) are all based out of D-M.

After the execution of Operation Enduring Freedom, eight A-10s from the 355th Wing were called to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan to fly close air support missions supporting multinational ground forces.

In September 2002, the 48th, 55th, and the 79th Rescue Squadrons (RQS) transferred under control of the 355th Wing, equipped with HC-130 aircraft and HH-60 helicopters. At the same time, the 41st and 43 Electronic Combat Squadrons were realigned under the control of the 55th Electronic Combat Group (55 ECG).

While personnel and aircraft remained on Davis-Monthan AFB operational control of the 55 ECG was assumed by the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Another major wing realignment occurred on 1 October 2003 with the activation of the 563 Rescue Group on Davis-Monthan AFB. Control of the 48th, 55th, and 79th Rescue Squadrons (RQS) was passed to the new group with the 23rd Wing assuming operational command of the unit.

Learn More About Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Here!

The Pima Air & Space Museum is one of the largest aviation Museums in the world, and the largest non-government funded aviation Museum in the United States.

The Museum collection includes President John F. Kennedy's Air Force One, and presidential aircraft used by president's Nixon and Johnson. The Museum has five large hangars totaling more than 177,000 feet of exhibit space. In addition, the 390th Bombardment Group (Heavy) Memorial Museum is located on the Museum grounds.

Visit The Pima Air And Space Museum Here!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA!

Happy New year to you!

*HUGS*

[oldteen]

Aloha BIG guy! *hugs*

Any news on your NYE eerie non-happenings?

How's the trip planning coming along?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

[oldteen]

Evenin' Kathy! *hugs*

Hope your day was a relaxing one!

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing OK for the most part, but check Post # 199 on Amy's Place. Hope all is well with you.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[luvie]

Good evening, (((Lauren)))

Good to see you and thanks for the great road trip! We need a REAL one! I’m ready for a vacation! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[HiJinx]

Hola, Ms. Lauren!

D-M is a great place to visit with a couple of good aerospace museums. We also have the boneyard here with literally thousands of aircraft in various stages of preservation and/or regeneration.

On the flip side, D-M was also the site of the destruction of a lot of our nuclear-capable heavy bombers as a result of treaties with the old Soviet Union. Most of the aircraft they destroyed had their wings sheared off by massive guillotine-like blades.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...a productive day at work? Were others there with you?

My today list is going pretty well.

[HiJinx]

From the photographer; "Intruders, Orions, Hercules and C9 Nightingales in store." This looks like the rows along Kolb and Escalante, for those who know the area.

Do a Google image search on 'AMARG' for a great collection of photos of the boneyard.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening Kathy!

*HUGS*

A slow day at work. Three of my 4 colleagues were in. Everything went great until I stopped to gas up on the way home. Lost my balance and fell flat on my face. Nosebleed, knot on the forehead and banged the knee. Apparently no damage done - I see the orthopedist for a routine follow-up tomorrow morning.

Hope all is well with you.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[oldteen]

Oh my goodness! I sure hope you did no damage. Kinda scary, no?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren...*HUGS*...did you have a nice New Year celebration? Kiddos all gone home?

Don’t work too hard.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...internet connection behaving today? Things still silent around your area?

[ConorMacNessa]

It was scary. I couldn't get up and there was nobody there to help me. I was eventually able to pull myself up, gas the van up and go on my way.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Teenster! ((HUGS))

I asked around today (as well as last night) and no one has any answers.......most everybody just stayed home and watched TV. A couple told me they noticed that the streets were empty but didn't much care because they were going home to watch TV and it was a lot quicker. My friend from Kona, who came over for football games at the sports bars and the New Years his home town was.....let me think of something other than his scatological epithet....highly disappointed. So he went off to his hotel room and watched TV.

Something closed down the place and maybe it was over the Coconut Wireless but I never heard it and none of the sports bars put signs on their doors saying they'd be closed on New Year's Eve or New Years day.

2011 ended pretty much dismally and 2012 didn't get off to a rollicking start. But on the bright side, tomorrow is the Iowa Caucus.....

[oldteen]

Do you suppose the initial loss of balance was due to the knee or just one of those freaky things?

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl! ((HUGS))

I have no idea what's going to happen with my connection from minute to minute. Sometimes it's up for hours, other times it's down for hours.....Nothing in going on here.....it's been three days of nothing. And the news sucks.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Um...
How come I got no PING tonight..?