Can you guess this base? WIP

[ruggerfan]

Can you guess this airfield? It was originally designed as a NORAD installation.....

[bigrich110]

i would have a guess at a real stab in the dark as one of the alaska ANG bases

[ruggerfan]

Actually, she was in CONUS, first designed for NORAD, later turned over to SAC. It was to be the original home for the Air Force Academy.
The runway was within 3 days of being poured, when the base was closed. It is being made to cover both a NORAD and SAC mission. The plans were made from DOD maps, so a little artistic license is being used.

[LEBTowerGuy]

BONG!!!

[mikewmac]

Lowry AFB in Aurora and Denver, Colorado?

[ruggerfan]

Matt, you got it!!!! Richard I. Bong AFB. Was originally a NORAD base between Milwaukee and Chicago, originally the home of the AFA. They also
experienced problems with the folks in Lake Geneva about possible noise levels. The runway was within 3 days of being poured, and the project was cancelled.
It has since become the RI Bong Recreational area. And access to the runway area is available, during non-hunting times.

I have designed this base for both NORAD and SAC, so you will have parking for both SAC's B-47's and KC-97L's, and NORAD F-101's.
The christmas tree is set up for transient B-52's (Mike Pearson, many thanks!) The POL area, ammo dump and housing will be shown,
as will some other base areas. This is all in FSX.

The needed files are:
MAIW_ABO.bgl
MAIW_Offutt_AFB_car.bgl
FSXP_Vehicles.bgl
MAIW_Firetrucks.bgl
KWRI_Objects_library.bgl
Luke_obj_lib.bgl

More pics will follow when completed, hopefully by the end of the week.

[LEBTowerGuy]

it is a toss up between Seymour Johnson and Richard Bong as the most poorly thought out base names in the Air Force in my humble opinion.

[dk1213]

lol

[jetmax]

I remember the day I got orders to Seymour Johnson.... I just kept telling people I had orders to Goldsboro NC.....

[dk1213]

lol funny the baddest planes in the airforce fly out of that base ..... it could always be worse

[jetmax]

lol funny the baddest planes in the airforce fly out of that base ..... it could always be worse

To make it worse, it is the only Air Force Base named after a Naval Aviator