KI Sawyer Heritage Air Museum GUEST BOOK
| Date | 2011-09-02 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I was stationed at KI from 83 to 88,Paul walker i"m hurt that you don't remember me we bowled against each other.I was just up there visiting Dave Derouin. He just built a new house on Little Lake real nice. ![]() |
| Date | 2011-08-14 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Hi Folks, Just to let all know that the museum is up and running just fine. Quite a few of you have made the trek to the far North to visit us and it has been very enjoyable. To Michelle--Chief Gossett pssed away a few years ago. I knew him well. A great guy. So, to the rest ofr you, come visit us, it is a ball talking over old times and telling war stories. I really enjoy talking to all of you. I have met a lot new friends. Bob Vick, 2001 CS and Base Supply as instructor. |
| Date | 2011-08-13 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I recently visited KI with some 7 other folks who were B-52 crewmembers in the early 70's. My how the place has changed. One thing I would like to correct at the "airpark" however. The FB-111 there may have been delivered to Plattsburgh initially, but it was flown in the 1976 bomb comp by me and my nav (393 BMS Pease AFB) and the other Pease bomb comp crew from the 715th BMS. The sign says Plattsburgh did satellite alert at KI. The AF historian who put that on the sign got it wrong. The FB's doing satellite at KI were from Pease. I pulled alert with them and then I joined them in early 1976. Also of note, when the FB's left KI for the last time, the acting Wing King "Wacky Jack" Watkins asked them to do something unusual when they left. A FB-lll with 4 drop tanks on it doesn't do anything unusual except the "zippo." The last departing 111 did a fuel dump from the the fuel mast between the engines and ignited it with the burner. This laid a strip of fire down the middle of the runway that damaged it. Moral: Careful what you ask for. Col Watkins made Major General before he retired, so it didn't hurt him too bad, but the response to his request became part of KI folklore. |
| Date | 2011-08-10 |
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| Message | 410th AMS EW then 410TH oms when ROLS came around was there from 81-87. too many fun time to get into this short space. Mis that early morning smell of the air on a cold winter morning. The mukluks crunching on the snow. Never had an assignment better then that one. Coli yes I remember Sgt Audtry Boyett.. I mean Francis Hobbs. We put Sgt on at in the shop. Do you remember Jon Tomasheiviz lol? I always loved going up to the alert pads for BPO'S and having Steak and eggs at thier chow hall. Living out In Little Lake and the parties that where never to be equaled. |
| Date | 2011-07-07 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | my father, charles clay roberts, was stationed here in very late 50's to early 60's (approximate time frame). if anyone knew/remembers him please let me know. we moved to florida after he was badly hurt in a car wreck. |
| Date | 2011-07-02 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I was stationed at K.I. Sawyer from 1970-1972. I worked as a Doppler navigation systems repairman on B-52H and KC-135s. I made lots of great friends during my time at the base. I lived in dorms in "the hole" except for a brief period in the CE dorm. |
| Date | 2011-06-30 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Aircraft Maintenance working on KC-135As for the 46 ARS. I miss that place dearly and wished it stayed open longer. |