"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message .com...
Bob McKellar wrote:
I've got all you weinies beat: not only was I not a military pilot,
but I've crashed twice. FWIW, I am an AFB.

But I've never heard of Mortimer Schnerd Air Force Base!


You should have; I think it has a nice ring to it. In this case however, AFB is
"Air Force Brat"

Mortimer Schnerd AFB - It works as well as a number of others.
After the USAF was the same service that built Dickie Goober AFB.
(Well, O.K., Richards-Gebaur)

And to tie into another thread - Northern Tier Bases aren't/weren't a
pain for just the Missileers. In slightly earlier days, you could
have had the pleasure of, if you were a B-52 or KC-135 guy, being
posted to Garden Spots like Loring AFB (Boring Loring). If there's a
Bright Spot in the Center of the Universe, Loring wasn't near it. (I
can say that - my Wife was born in Caribou. The fact that she married
me shows the lengths that people will go to to leave)

--
Pete Stickney
(On my Coffee Break)