B29 - "Necessary Evil"

Cub Driver wrote:

"Great Artiste" (reportedly having served some time in SaR) was restored
and displayed at Pease AFB, and moved to Whiteman AFB when the New Hampshire
base closed.

Good grief. I didn't know I'd lived next door to the Great Artiste for
all those years. I do remember seeing a B-29 "on the hard" near the
main gate, but never paid any attention to it.

Pease International Tradeport is still very much with us, though
quieter now than in the days when it was home to the B-52s. I haven't
landed there myself, but I often have occasion to talk to the tower,
which is still wont to tell people: "Check gear down and locked."

The New Hampshire Air Guard is based there with six or eight KC-135s.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9
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Pease was hosting one of the FB-111 wings (379 BMW or whichever) about
the time it was inactivated. Were they noisier than B-52s?

Not sure which came first: the FB-111 retirement, or Pease's
inactivation.