I don't know if any of you have seen these "bad boys", but they are quite awesome to witness. As I was leaving my house Sat. for work, as I was walking out the door, I was hearing the most ungodly sound I'd ever heard. I looked back over the top of my house, to see this big fella, flying right over the top of me!!! It looked like something out of the movie "indenpendence day". It was pretty awesome to watch. This is the first time I've ever seen one close enough to really see details. All the stealth's are housed at Whiteman AF Base, which is located about 1 1/2 hr. west of where I live. On 9-11-01, we heard, I couldn't tell you how many, flying out of Whiteman to the east. Apparently headed for Washington, DC. We could BARELY see them as they went over, they were soooooo high, and moved sooooo fast. But this one, that I saw Sat., was low enough that it looked as though I could reach out and touch it!
I thought it was pretty cool, so just decided to share it with you all....along with these pictures, and a couple of links for Whiteman AF Base.
As some of you may have heard on the news, the US is going to be closing several military bases in the US. Whiteman, along with Ft. Leonard Wood, are two in MO, that they have possibly considered closing. I somehow, have the feeling, that considering what Whiteman is housing...., these big "dogs", it will not be one of the bases closed. I can't see the US closing down their stealth operation. Whiteman is the ONLY place that the stealths are kept. Last I heard, they did not believe that Ft. Leonard Wood would end up being closed either.
Just a short story.... my father was born and raised in MN. He was called into the army in WWII, and was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood for his basic training. He met a guy there, whom he became lifelong friends with, who invited him to church one sunday, in the small town of Lebanon, MO...just about 25 miles from the FT. My dad agreed to go....and it was there, at that church service, that he met my mother.... and....well.... here I am....and the rest, is history!
Lev
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Whiteman+Air+Force+Base
http://www.whiteman.af.mil/
I thought it was pretty cool, so just decided to share it with you all....along with these pictures, and a couple of links for Whiteman AF Base.
As some of you may have heard on the news, the US is going to be closing several military bases in the US. Whiteman, along with Ft. Leonard Wood, are two in MO, that they have possibly considered closing. I somehow, have the feeling, that considering what Whiteman is housing...., these big "dogs", it will not be one of the bases closed. I can't see the US closing down their stealth operation. Whiteman is the ONLY place that the stealths are kept. Last I heard, they did not believe that Ft. Leonard Wood would end up being closed either.
Just a short story.... my father was born and raised in MN. He was called into the army in WWII, and was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood for his basic training. He met a guy there, whom he became lifelong friends with, who invited him to church one sunday, in the small town of Lebanon, MO...just about 25 miles from the FT. My dad agreed to go....and it was there, at that church service, that he met my mother.... and....well.... here I am....and the rest, is history!
Lev
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Whiteman+Air+Force+Base
http://www.whiteman.af.mil/
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