It’s also set up as a full blown International Airport with all the facilities to handle a potential mid air turn around/ emergency over the Atlantic.
It hardly gets any flights in and out.
On the subject of the Ukranazis they have a huge fleet of private Ukranazi registered cargo planes that under EU law would not be allowed to fly in our skies as they are pre 1990.
They regularly fly over me in Britain.
You know it’s either them or a B52 they are so noisy.
I flew into Bangor 3 times while I was in the Air Force. All 3 times I was in various countries overseas and had to come home on emergency leave for various family issues. All we did each time was land, drop some stuff off, refuel, and leave. It was too cold to get out anyway, but the 1 time I was on a C-141 (with webbed "parachute" seats) it got cold inside while we were waiting. The C-5s (with the seats facing backwards in the plane) stayed warm.
Taking Space-Available flights was always fun. I only ever hit the jackpot one time - the commandant of the Air Force Academy let me fly on his G5 to get back to DC from NORAD. He told me he did that for people that were on emergency leave (that trip was when I went home for my Dad's funeral). Nice guy.
Bangor, Maine - anyone know or have eyes on who and why this place??
Bangor has the closest US airport to Europe. It is a hub of military transport.
It’s also set up as a full blown International Airport with all the facilities to handle a potential mid air turn around/ emergency over the Atlantic.
It hardly gets any flights in and out.
On the subject of the Ukranazis they have a huge fleet of private Ukranazi registered cargo planes that under EU law would not be allowed to fly in our skies as they are pre 1990.
They regularly fly over me in Britain.
You know it’s either them or a B52 they are so noisy.
I flew into Bangor 3 times while I was in the Air Force. All 3 times I was in various countries overseas and had to come home on emergency leave for various family issues. All we did each time was land, drop some stuff off, refuel, and leave. It was too cold to get out anyway, but the 1 time I was on a C-141 (with webbed "parachute" seats) it got cold inside while we were waiting. The C-5s (with the seats facing backwards in the plane) stayed warm.
Taking Space-Available flights was always fun. I only ever hit the jackpot one time - the commandant of the Air Force Academy let me fly on his G5 to get back to DC from NORAD. He told me he did that for people that were on emergency leave (that trip was when I went home for my Dad's funeral). Nice guy.
There is a large base there. Not exactly sure what business it has there
Former Strategic Air Command base, since deactivated. We used to assume its availability for strategic missions.