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Good editing/proofreading job Reverendlinux ! - bwmoll3
Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions about the current state of the base. I'm there now. - reverendlinux
I used to live at 1151A Cedar Drive on RAF Alconbury from 1977 - 1984. Saw the page was a stub and felt it deserved better - just saw a google earth image and looks pretty much the same. Although Site 5 looks like it's now gone and lots of new buildings .. Not in bad shape for 10 years since it was active :) - bwmoll3
This is my second round here. Did four years in 1998 on a TDY. Loved it. When the chance came up, I grabbed it. A few things have changed. Lots didn't. Still a great base to be at. - reverendlinux
1 April - One F-5E was thought to be retained at Alconbury for static display as a gate guard.
In reality this is a plastic/fiberglass model with an authentic windscreen and canopy.
??? OMG . you're joking ???
Okay, I'm going to have to walk out there and take a closer look. Neat info! Reverendlinux 20:49, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I altered the heading and caption for the WWII "patches". What is portrayed are the official unit crest Coat of Arms. Patches below numbered air force or command level were not authorized until air division and wing unit patches came into being. In WWII 8th AF groups did not have group patches--they wore 8th AF patches
Great article, but it's difficult for me to put it in perspective. It seems that for much of it's lifetime it was either a secondary to a nearby RAF base, or alternately one of three US bases that were sort of grouped together. Was this airbase a major US base, IE, was it much larger and busier than the other two that formed the Tri-Base group? Was any one of the airfields bigger or more important than the others? Maury 12:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I flew over this base in about 2001 - the old runway was packed (as in solid) with hundreds of parked cars. Anyone know why?? 86.141.244.131 21:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Several car manufacturers use the old runway area for storing new cars before they are trucked out to the various local dealerships. Ford, Jaguar and Land Rover are the two I see almost everyday being hauled in and out of there. Also, if you go to maps.google.co.uk and enter PE28 4DA as the location, you'll get an aerial shot taken sometime between 2003 and 2005. Tons of cars! Reverendlinux 09:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
I see no mention of the 4th TDS, yet I spent three years of my life there, 1956-59! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.104.253.114 ( talk) 01:52, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Looking at the location with google maps / satellite view and streetview, this doesn't look like an active airfield, or even an active US military base! Is the article up to date? DMcMPO11AAUK/ Talk/ Contribs 15:08, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I was the unit training manager for the 10th Equipment Maintenance Squadron for most of 1983 and part of 1984. Our unit did have about ten airmen with the Air Force Specialty Code of 463X0 (at the time) with the X being an odd number that indicated the holder's skill level. The 463 part meant the person holding that code was a Nuclear Weapons Mechanic. Given that, I suspect that some B-61 or other nuclear bombs were stored at Alconbury even if none of the flying units were actually nuclear trained and capable. I was only allowed 'inside the wire' one time to inspect training records and never saw what was in the igloos. Can anyone else shed some more light on this? Remember the RF-4C's were unarmed and I believe the F-5E's were the same but had the easy possibility of fitting machine guns. We also had some 462X0's, (Aircraft Weapons Mechanic) in the squadron.
Michou 13 ( talk) 23:54, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
1961 Haarlem Baseball Week champs?
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Good editing/proofreading job Reverendlinux ! - bwmoll3
Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions about the current state of the base. I'm there now. - reverendlinux
I used to live at 1151A Cedar Drive on RAF Alconbury from 1977 - 1984. Saw the page was a stub and felt it deserved better - just saw a google earth image and looks pretty much the same. Although Site 5 looks like it's now gone and lots of new buildings .. Not in bad shape for 10 years since it was active :) - bwmoll3
This is my second round here. Did four years in 1998 on a TDY. Loved it. When the chance came up, I grabbed it. A few things have changed. Lots didn't. Still a great base to be at. - reverendlinux
1 April - One F-5E was thought to be retained at Alconbury for static display as a gate guard.
In reality this is a plastic/fiberglass model with an authentic windscreen and canopy.
??? OMG . you're joking ???
Okay, I'm going to have to walk out there and take a closer look. Neat info! Reverendlinux 20:49, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I altered the heading and caption for the WWII "patches". What is portrayed are the official unit crest Coat of Arms. Patches below numbered air force or command level were not authorized until air division and wing unit patches came into being. In WWII 8th AF groups did not have group patches--they wore 8th AF patches
Great article, but it's difficult for me to put it in perspective. It seems that for much of it's lifetime it was either a secondary to a nearby RAF base, or alternately one of three US bases that were sort of grouped together. Was this airbase a major US base, IE, was it much larger and busier than the other two that formed the Tri-Base group? Was any one of the airfields bigger or more important than the others? Maury 12:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I flew over this base in about 2001 - the old runway was packed (as in solid) with hundreds of parked cars. Anyone know why?? 86.141.244.131 21:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Several car manufacturers use the old runway area for storing new cars before they are trucked out to the various local dealerships. Ford, Jaguar and Land Rover are the two I see almost everyday being hauled in and out of there. Also, if you go to maps.google.co.uk and enter PE28 4DA as the location, you'll get an aerial shot taken sometime between 2003 and 2005. Tons of cars! Reverendlinux 09:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
I see no mention of the 4th TDS, yet I spent three years of my life there, 1956-59! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.104.253.114 ( talk) 01:52, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Looking at the location with google maps / satellite view and streetview, this doesn't look like an active airfield, or even an active US military base! Is the article up to date? DMcMPO11AAUK/ Talk/ Contribs 15:08, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I was the unit training manager for the 10th Equipment Maintenance Squadron for most of 1983 and part of 1984. Our unit did have about ten airmen with the Air Force Specialty Code of 463X0 (at the time) with the X being an odd number that indicated the holder's skill level. The 463 part meant the person holding that code was a Nuclear Weapons Mechanic. Given that, I suspect that some B-61 or other nuclear bombs were stored at Alconbury even if none of the flying units were actually nuclear trained and capable. I was only allowed 'inside the wire' one time to inspect training records and never saw what was in the igloos. Can anyone else shed some more light on this? Remember the RF-4C's were unarmed and I believe the F-5E's were the same but had the easy possibility of fitting machine guns. We also had some 462X0's, (Aircraft Weapons Mechanic) in the squadron.
Michou 13 ( talk) 23:54, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
1961 Haarlem Baseball Week champs?