Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base

serlingrod: 2nd Sep 2007 - 01:06 GMT

you've never heard of Arkanas? It's right between Missoui and Louisana....

EvilGentleman: 2nd Sep 2007 - 01:36 GMT

With Misisipi and Tenese on the east, and Teas and Olahoma on the west, right?

zagg: 27th Jun 2008 - 01:45 GMT

Here's hoping this was a case of two people wanting to have the street named after their home states, so a happy medium was chosen.

David Welch: 22nd Aug 2008 - 19:54 GMT

I was stationed at Plattsbugh AFB from Jul 83 to Oct 86. To bad it had to close, it was a nice assignment.

EvilGentleman: 22nd Aug 2008 - 20:09 GMT

I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat myself, I can tell you, things are no better on the other side of the border. Here is a little of my personal history living on the airbases. While I was growing up, these were my father's postings:

1969 - 1971 CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia
1971 - 1973 CFB Sarcee (Calgary, Alberta) (Closed)
1973 - 1976 CFB Slemon Park (Summerside, Prince Edward Island) (Closed, now a Coast Guard SAR base)
1976 - 1980 CFB Curtis Park (Chatham, New Brunswick) (Closed, now a retirement village)
1980 - 1983 TCTI (Cornwall, Ontario) (Now Nav Canada Training Centre, with most of its training facilities stripped away)
1983 - 1989 CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia

As you can see, Greenwood is the only base still functioning, and even there, things have been scaled back. Definitely a shame, but that's life in the military world.