"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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Nevertheless, the runway was lengthened in 1959-60, between B-47/KC-97 and
B-52/KC-135 operations at Schilling, and long before the B-70 would have
been operational.

Even though the preparations were made for B-52 operations there it did not
happen. See:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/fa.../schilling.htm

From which the following paragraph is quoted.

On 19 November 1964, the Department of Defense announced that Schilling
along with 574 other bases around the world would be closed. At this time
the base was home to approximately 5,090 men. Within the next six months,
all planes and men were relocated, including the Atlas F ICBM Squadron, and
the base was closed on 30 June 1965.

End quote.

I was TDY to Schilling AFB in January 1965, visited the Command Post several
times and watched an exercise, and I assure you the bombers in the unit were
still B-47s. My home base at the time was a B-52 base and I assure you I
knew the difference. They started the closing shortly after I left.

Regards,

Tex Houston