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andrew_j

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I live near Pease former AFB and we get some interesting planes that come in I always can hear and sometimes see from my desk working at home.

Luckily we have an aviation nut photograph them to make the positive id. I am thankful for his work documenting them.

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I've never lived near one (and not sure I'd want to), but my current job sits a stone's throw away from the Louisville International airport. The airport here is mostly a cargo airport (and UPS' main hub), but I still see unique planes from time to time, especially near the holidays when traffic gets real busy. I still spot 727 cargo jets flying every now and again.

One of my prior jobs sat right up against Peterson Air Force Base (now a Space Force base I think) in Colorado Springs. That was a real treat if you're an aviation/military plane enthusiast.
 
Passport1 said:
It would be neater living next to an old, quiet closed air base.
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Thankfully out of direct noisy flight path however only 5-15 take offs of large planes a day. The smaller fighter planes are what I hear loudly but they only make rare appearances.
 
92saturnsl2 said:
I've never lived near one (and not sure I'd want to), but my current job sits a stone's throw away from the Louisville International airport. The airport here is mostly a cargo airport (and UPS' main hub), but I still see unique planes from time to time, especially near the holidays when traffic gets real busy. I still spot 727 cargo jets flying every now and again.

One of my prior jobs sat right up against Peterson Air Force Base (now a Space Force base I think) in Colorado Springs. That was a real treat if you're an aviation/military plane enthusiast.
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Peterson AFB is alive and well. Peterson is home to Northern Command (NORCOM) and has lots of interconnects with NORAD. Of note, the deputy CG od NORCOM is a Candian General Officer. Not a lot of weird MIL AIR coming into Peterson at this time.
 
andrew_j said:
I live near Pease former AFB and we get some interesting planes that come in I always can hear and sometimes see from my desk working at home.

Luckily we have an aviation nut photograph them to make the positive id. I am thankful for his work documenting them.

Some recents:


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I occasionally fly in and out of Pease. I like the airport. I too have seen some interesting planes there. The Antonov AN-225 was a highlight.
 
I haven't seen it fly or get to hear it. It was parked when I came to Pease for fuel. I hope that plane can get repaired or a new one (or more) get built. It is massive! Talk about an aluminum overcast..
 

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Passport1 said:
It would be neater living next to an old, quiet closed air base.
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i prefer active airbases…the sound of freedom.

sadly, new england has lost all of its active, usaf airbases, though most remain in reserve or ang hands: westover, pease, dow, otis, but not loring. hanscom afb lives on but has no flying mission.

naval air is gone: brunswick, quonset point, south weymouth.

the army side is completely void with the departure of fort devens.

all tragic departures and i’m taking nothing away from the reserves (i was a member for 25 years). surely an economic loss, but the removal of our active armed forces from new england’s fabric of life is a greater social loss.
 
jstert said:
i prefer active airbases…the sound of freedom.

sadly, new england has lost all of its active, usaf airbases, though most remain in reserve or ang hands: westover, pease, dow, otis, but not loring. hanscom afb lives on but has no flying mission.

naval air is gone: brunswick, quonset point, south weymouth.

the army side is completely void with the departure of fort devens.

all tragic departures and i’m taking nothing away from the reserves (i was a member for 25 years). surely an economic loss, but the removal of our active armed forces from new england’s fabric of life is a greater social loss.
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The economic replacement of Pease with the Tradeport has brought thousands of tech, pharmaceutical, medical , high end manufacturing, defense, arms (Sig Sauer) and other jobs to our area.

The Air Force left quite a mess to clean up including contaminated water. We locally have the intense economic engine with the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (subs) thankfully.
 
frankbee3 said:
Hi Astro! Good that you pointed that out. It did turn out to be an AN124.
Pease can have four engine tankers or even B52‘s in the pattern. It’s a neat place be be around if you like big aircraft.
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Nice (and not nice) photo of the big gal here

www.aviationweekly.org

Antonov was warned about the AN-225’s destruction, they ignored it — Aviation Weekly

One of the AN-225’s pilots, Major Dmytro Antonov posted a video to YouTube accusing Antonov management of ignoring warnings from NATO on the impending invasion and risk to its aircraft.
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