Lost!
Skipper, that would be the “Forks” Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota. I’ve heard the skeeters there can take a stab at one of those tankers and suck the fuel tank dry.
Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota?
Posted by Mike M
03/27/2007 at 03:30 PM
Amazing. I checked just before I hit “Submit” and the field was clear, but I still got beat out. Good work, Sarge.
Posted by Mike M
03/27/2007 at 03:34 PM
Thanks, Mike! Glad to know this old fly boy still has it in him.
Dang! We pretty much had a tie on that one. I think Sarge edged out Mike by only a minute or so. I tell you what - I’ll let you guys share the Golden Compass Trophy today. How ‘bout that?
You got that right about the skeeters in the summertime. As the joke goes, two mosquitos picked up an Airman off the runway one say and one said to the other, “Should we eat him here or carry him back to the nest?”
The other one replied, “We better eat him here. If we carry him back the BIG mosquitos will take him away from us!”
And in Winter, the place is an icebox. Literally.
I’ll be heading South again for tomorrow’s “Lost!”. I’m getting a chill just thinking about GFAFB. Brrrrrrr ...
The answer is indeed Grand Forks, and the other base he mentions is at Minot, ND. Having spent 3 years at each one, I can attest that (a) is does get cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, and (b) the mosquitoes do rival the size of single-engine Cessna aircraft. March temps in the 40s are about average, and won’t improve until May. If we didn’t have snow on the ground by Halloween - something was wrong. And it didn’t leave until after Easter.
As the late, great Southern comedian Lewis Grizzard wrote about his time in Chicago: “They have two seasons there: winter and Fourth of July.” He could as easily have been describing North Dakota.
Bear, we used to say the same thing at my first base (Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY)—two seasons: winter, and Fourth of July, and shame on you if you were TDY for the Fourth.
BTW, what the heck is that red gadget between the fins on the F-22? It’s got the Edwards markings, so I assume it’s some kind of developmental thing. We’re not trying to retrofit a tailhook on the F-22, are we?
BTW, our host seems to have a recent preference for bomber bases. Since he says he’s going south, I’m pre-emptively calling Dyess AFB, TX for later today
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I dunno if it’s just a coinkydink, but the two little banner ads just above the photo, (on the comments window) have an ad for cosmetic dentistry in ND, and “Air Force Base” information. So there are two little hints.
I woulda guessed the worst USAFB would be Elmendorf in Alaska, which IMHO would be a great place to set up a Gitmo “Club Fed” overflow detention center…
03/27/2007 at 05:23 PM
