Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:14 pm
And, considering the planes were designed to support the Greenland DEW Line, NY was a good location. Now, they support the NSF in Antarctica, it’s a long positioning flights. Yes, new-build H-models.
Strangely, I once shared the ramp at Pago Pago with one of the ski-birds. Both crews being from the Northeast, we had friends (I knew their recently departed squadron commander), so standing around chatting halfway ‘round the world.
GF