Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi there ? The Strategic Air Command maintained a base in Amarillo, Texas. The paper devoted an entire issue to the base operations, which included my taking a 10-hour training mission in a B-52. In the same year of the special issue, Texas Panhandle voters chose Goldwater over LBJ. Johnson immediately closed the SAC base in retaliation. It took a number of years for Amarillo to recover from the economic hit. Until the new airport at Denver opened, Amarillo ? thanks to the SAC base ? had the second-longest runway in the United States. Remnants of the base remain, including a small frame house about half-a-mile away used to de-arm the nuclear weapons removed from planes rotating off the alert pad. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Plotting_+Amarillo+SAC+Base_+1964+___+00322.jpg.html ?Bill