CMK10 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 513 posts, RR: 4 Posted (4 years 2 months 17 hours ago) and read 3556 times:
On March 18 I flew between Oakland and Salt Lake City and about ten minutes east of Oakland we flew over a large military complex. On the ground seemed to be dozens of heavy cargo aircraft and the base had two long runways. Was this Edwards Air Force base perhaps or somewhere else? Thank you.
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DingDong From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 661 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 years 2 months 11 hours ago) and read 3428 times:
Quoting CMK10 (Thread starter): Was this Edwards Air Force base perhaps or somewhere else? Thank you.
Unlikely to be EDW since they have 3 paved runways and 9? official lakebed runways on the desert floor. Also, most of their aircraft aren't large. So I'd probably agree with others who suggested Travis AFB.
Seeing EDW from the ground is pretty cool, too. Driving up to it from the south via desert back roads, you can easily see it from at least 100 miles out on a good day. From the air, if you're paying attention, you can see the large compass rose etched into the ground as well as the lakebed runways.
Confuscius From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 3633 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (4 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3262 times:
I've been there a couple of times for the air expo. I went there last year with another a.netter. All he did was drink and chased after girls.
CMK10 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 513 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (4 years 1 month 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 3080 times:
I certainly appreciate the answers on this one. I consider myself to be somewhat knowledgeable about the military so I knew this wasn't Beale AFB but I'm embarassed to admit I forgot it might have been Travis.
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Driving up to it from the south via desert back roads, you can easily see it from at least 100 miles out on a good day. From the air, if you're paying attention, you can see the large compass rose etched into the ground as well as the lakebed runways.
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