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Section 22: Military Topics Subject: Thunderbirds June 2009 Msg# 1225508
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Our home base was Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, TX. It was the ONLY isolated tour of duty in the continental US and locked down tighter than a drum head. Anybody caught sniffing around was NOT treated with kid gloves and, if on the flight line without the proper badge, you could get shot!
I remember when Gary Powers got shot down the Security Police and Combat Defense Force people went about half crazy! |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels have always impressed me as the cream of the military aviation crop and I have seen both units perform many times over the years. 
My only U-2 experience happened when one made an emergency landing at Amarillo AFB. I don't know how they got him down but I remember the plane being followed by a couple of trucks full of armed Combat Defense Force guys from the runway to a hangar where it was sealed up until it left. |
