My dad served at Loring AFB from 1974 to 1977 and it was his first assignment after completing basic training. He spent those years guiding planes out at the hangers and he mentioned to me a couple of times that the Maine winters at those times were so harsh that he nearly froze his feet off.
I served at Korat airbase Thailand with a great guy from Michigan who spent some time at Loring. There were some great stories to go along with both bases. So Tim Mead, thanks for the memories my brother.
I was an SP there in 80-81, I was only there one year because being an ex-Navy Engineman I was told my time counted for going remote. So I went to Clear AFS the next year. I remember the WSA well. Loring was my first AFB. We called the A building the Vamp House.....
Wow. Fascinating stuff. I was a ramp rat at Loring from Jan 70 to Jun 70. I spent a lot of time on hardstand 7! Later became the only E-3 in law enforcement. Stood gate duty with an M-16. If you ever want to hear a funny as shit story about the Blottner Site, I have one. It involves a guy named Larry Case. (Rest his soul.)
My first base was Loring, 1978 to 1981 in the 42nd MMS as a Conventional Munitions Maintenance Specialist. I worked in a building just outside of the WSA (Bldg 216?), which consisted of 4 or 5 igloo type bays, all interconnected, but with blast doors at both ends, and earth and grass covered roof. That was our shop. There was a tunnel in the floor of one bay that headed in the direction of the WSA, but was blocked off with rubble. We would explore the old storage area, with it's igloos and buildings, all deteriorated and vandalized even back then. There were two nuclear weapons maintenance shops in the WSA. (I won't get into details.) I remember the two concrete blockhouses. Many rumors and stories about those. Besides working with the SP's ammunition and anything that contained explosives, part of our job was.......well........I better not say. But we were in and out of the WSA a lot. Knew most of the SP's by first name.
10/9/2023 👍👍👍 Love your shirt . AP Ramp Rat at McCoy AFB & Grand Forks, SAC. 1961/1966. Between McCoy and Grand Forks went to Wheelus AB, Tripoli North Africa for 18 Months.
I worked many days in the WSA in 1990-92. So many strange events there. Some airman would refuse working there after a few times. Strange sicknesses. Strange under ground bldgs. There was a post office with mail still in the slots. Cafe with dinner plates on tables. Just haunting as hell. I never saw snow on the ground around A bldg during the winter. I was working the day the Chem suit crew showed up. I found out I was basically exposed to around 270 toxins while stationed at there.
I was stationed at CAFS in 1962. Col. Ross was the CO. The barracks were also unique . They were all connected by tunnels . I attended Nuclear Weapons School for 8 months so most of the comments were accurate. I could share a lot more info if you are interested. I have a yearbook with lots of pictures of the station looked like in 1962 A2C Rich Patrick
I just watched this BS... I was a K-9 Handler assigned to this Area from 1973 to 1975 - I walked and drove this area on a daily basis. Most of what is being said in this Video is BS>
Those dogs were very friendly. As kids we would bring real meat bones and toss them over the fence. They loved us and would wag their tails and lick our hands. They would stop barking on command.
