Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I'd love to know what NASA has planned for it.

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sorry, I'm terrible about seeing my notifications. Yep, we were at Beale between 94 & 98, but overseas before and after that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    No worries, same here. We were there from 96-00, there's a good chance we've run into each other before! There's an even better chance that our fathers worked together in some capacity, it was a relatively tiny base and the U2 program was pretty small.

    I think Beale was one of my favorite bases I've ever lived on, I used to go hiking in the foot hills basically everyday during summer. I feel like it was small and remote enough where you could get into a lot of shit as a kid without ever really getting in any trouble.

    By chance did you guys ever go to one of the Christmas parties in the old skunk works building?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Not me personally, we lived off-base and I was only about 12 when we left-- but my folks probably did for sure!

    Funnily enough, I've been helping them clean out their kitchen so they can have it redone and the sheer volume of old squadron/hangar dance/etc mugs they have absolutely beggars belief. I'd bet there's one or two in the hoard that corresponds to one of the dances you're thinking of.

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  • Nice, I think I was in my early teens when we left as well. I'm sure my dad has a box of old photos in it somewhere, but his last few years of service kinda soured any fond memories he had left of his time in the Air Force. Though I think that's kinda common place for senior NCO, I haven't met too many dudes above Master Sargent who I could claim were jolly guys.

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