Lost!

 

1. The only base I can remotely make fit the clues is RAF Mildenhall, East Anglia, UK.

   Never been there, but took a scenic tour through a couple of nearby smaller (now closed) bases a few years ago...seemed like nice places to spend a tour.

   Posted by Grumpy Old Ham       05/15/2007  at  02:27 PM  



2. subtle clue, subtle clue .... how about Hahn Air Base in Germany, somewhere near the Meander river??

   Posted by Drew458       05/15/2007  at  02:32 PM  



3. BWAH-HAH-HAH-HA-HA-HA ....

   Do you mean that I have finally stumped you guys!?!?!?!?!

   Where is “Lurk”? (a.k.a. “Springs Guy")

   YEAH! I finally win!
   
   
   
    

   Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  03:05 PM  



4. I’ll take a stab at it Skipper…

   Is it Incirlik AFB, Turkey?

   Posted by Severa       05/15/2007  at  03:23 PM  



5. Not sure of the base, but Sarge here is fully qualified on this and several variants of that Tactical Satellite Terminal.  SATCOM Rangers, Wizards of FM and other Minor Miracles.

   Posted by Sarge       05/15/2007  at  03:24 PM  



6. Oh...I’m here...just not ready yet with an answer...you’ve picked a toughie today!

   Posted by Springs_guy       05/15/2007  at  03:29 PM  



7. Whooo-hoooo! I’m dancing my HAPPY DANCE™!!!!

   You all has been SKUNKED!

              

   Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  03:42 PM  



8. Taif (near Jeddah, KSA)

   Posted by Kuso JiJi       05/15/2007  at  03:43 PM  



9. *Adds to her answer*

   As to the word clue in hint 1: The Meander River (or Maeander) river is the classical name for the Büyük Menderes River, Turkey. There’s two other Meander rivers, one in Australia and one in Canada.

   (thank you Wikipedia )

   Posted by Severa       05/15/2007  at  03:45 PM  



10. Severa’s getting warm. The “word clue” is teasing, ain’t it?

    

    Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  03:50 PM  



11. No one else is eve close yet. I’m still dancing my HAPPY DANCE™!

    

    Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  03:51 PM  



12. Okay...took a while...Batman, Turkey

    Posted by Springs_guy       05/15/2007  at  03:54 PM  



13. Last SWAG this station:  Alice Springs, Australia.

    Posted by Grumpy Old Ham       05/15/2007  at  03:55 PM  



14. Ok, I’m stumped. But I hardly ever play this game anyway. Severa ran with the same clue as I did I think; meander --> Meander River --> called Buyuk Menderes in Turkey -->only base we got there is Incirlik. But that base doesn’t look like it at all. I also hunted down some Special Forces JTF and came up with Prince Sultan AFB (Al Kharj) but that isn’t a good match either. More SF-JTF action came out of Ramstein, and that AFB doesn’t fit this picture at all. Aviano AFB in Italy is well placed, but again the runway doesn’t match.

    Ok flyboys, you solve this one. I got stuff to do.

    Posted by Drew458       05/15/2007  at  04:10 PM  



15. Abu Dhabi?

    Posted by DaToad       05/15/2007  at  04:27 PM  



16. Yo, Skipper...how’s your HAPPY DANCE™!  Any thoughts on comment #12?  I think the music has stopped.

    Posted by Springs_guy       05/15/2007  at  04:34 PM  



17. YES, INDEEDY-BEADY! Springs_Guy wins the Golden Compass Trophy AGAIN!

    That is:

    <font size="+4" color="#800000">BATMAN AIR BASE</font>

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/batman.htm

    About 45 minutes East of beautiful downtown Diyarbakir, Turkey. Which is where the original River Meander is located.

    37°54’57"N 41°08’31"E

    In the movie “Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines”, the first two military bases SKYNET took control over were Moron Air Field and Batman Air Base. Both are actual military bases. Moron is in Spain and Batman is in Turkey. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181852/trivia

    Batman is not named after the “Masked Crusader” but is indeed named after the Batman River in the picture. I have no idea how the Turks stole the name from Stan Lee.

    You have all earned your stripes today. Pat yourselves on the back and buy Springs_Guy a round of beers. I did my best to stump you all today but brains (and Google) eventually won out. I’ll have to dig a little deeper next time. Hehehehehehe .....

    

    Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  05:28 PM  



18. Skip-

    ‘Caped Crusader’

    and

    ‘Bob Kane’ not Stan Lee.

    

    Posted by Draven       05/15/2007  at  06:08 PM  



19. Oh well. Least I was in the right country first. *s* Better luck next time.

    Posted by Severa       05/15/2007  at  06:51 PM  



20. Army"puke",gee Skipper I bet you looked lovely in your blue dress

    Posted by kingaljr       05/15/2007  at  06:59 PM  



21. KingAlJr: not nearly as pretty as the rest of you USAF rejects in the Army must have looked all covered in mud and trying to learn to count higher than ten without taking off your socks.

    (Oh, shit! Here comes the inter-service horse-shit again! Everybody duck and cover!)

    Draven: Picky, picky, picky. I concede my error. Duly noted. 

    You guys (and gals) are all fun. That’s why I enjoy doing this stupid blog. I have not seen too many blogs over the last three plus years of doing this shiite with this many intelligent grownups just having fun and letting off steam about the screwed-up goings on all around us and occasionally getting into real complex discussions about issues without the usual drivel you see on most Leftist sites (ref: Democratic Underground, DailyKOS, MoveOn.org, etc.). There may be hope for mankind yet.

           

    Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  07:22 PM  



22. P.S. Severa gets the 20 points bonus for uncovering the River Meander clue first. 

    

    Posted by The Skipper       05/15/2007  at  07:25 PM  



23. Ahh interservice BS. Great stuff. The only AF type in my immediate circle is my bro, he’s a C130 loadmaster and the most I did to him was tell him the C130 was a small aircraft. well it IS - next to a C5. Though we do have fun telling the Marines the old standby of

    My
    Ass
    Rides
    In
    Navy
    Equipment
    Sir

    

    20 points WOOT!

    Posted by Severa       05/15/2007  at  08:06 PM  



24. Well fine. No point in mentioning what it actually says in response #2. Shame that river runs all across europe.

    Posted by Drew458       05/15/2007  at  08:35 PM  

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