Posted on 01/09/2018 6:48:46 PM PST by Strac6
McCarran. my mistake.
Tigerclaws said this:
“This is the airport that had the gas tanker the Vegas shooter was trying to (according to police) blow up prior to his targeting the crowd.”
Eyedigress responded to Tigerclaws saying this:
“Nope. Nellis”.
Blackpacific responded to Eyedigress saying this:
“Nope, McCarron. Nellis would have required a sniper rifle that could shoot 10 miles. :)”
Eyedigress responds:
“Your reading comprehension needs work”.
There is nothing wrong with my reading comprehension.
:)
My bad I guess.
I was staying on topic and others strayed off.
You know what I meant. :)
When Tiger said “This is the airport”
That is what I responded to.
Janet Airline has been around for a number of years. It mainly serves the Nevada National Security Site (most notably Area 51 and the Tonopah Test Range), from their terminal at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport. The fleet’s “Janet” call sign, from which its de facto name comes, is said to stand for “Just Another Non-Existent Terminal.” They are also the connecting point for Groom Lake.
rwood
Watched them take off many times while I was at that airport. I always pointed out to folks around me to see if they can get a tail number off one of those planes.
Last time I was there, last NOV, I watched as they ran one of those planes up in front of the commercial plane line up and it took off.
I vaguely remember something about the burn pits causing health problems in area 51
All the cool jobs are in the desert :)
Just got a call tonight from one of my buddys that was in gulfwar 1, everything since too
gulf war 1 muckered him up
“Or, maybe write in a novel to be found after your death. That way neither the aliens nor the government can come after you.”
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The government surely, but the aliens - well, it depends on which group you are talking about ...
“This is Your Cabin Crew”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWs4abqdwZ0
(cute girls dancing to “Waiting for a Star to Fall”)
I worked at the site in the early ‘80’s.
An on site security presentation suggested we answer “Weird looking things”, when asked what’s out there.
The favorite airline of Bill “put some ice on that” Clinton. Obviously, not Virgin Airlines.
You're right. From 2007:
Area 51 burning revealed
"But last week he went on the record about the nine years he spent as a security officer at the classified Air Force installation, 90 miles north of Las Vegas, telling a Department of Labor hearing representative how he supervised burning of poisonous stealth coatings in large open pits. 2007"
From 2013:
Area 51: The real cover-up
"Area 51, as the newly declassified material makes clear, was a test site for Cold War technology, including the U-2 spy plane. But it was also, according to people who worked there, a hazardous waste site, at which classified equipment and materials were disposed of in an illegal and extremely dangerous manner."
“We live on the Big Island and Kauai is the only one we go visit for a short getaway.”
I first went to Kauai in ‘88 and and loved it. I’ve been back twice and it gets more like the big island each time. I wish I could freeze it just like it was on the first trip.
IIRC, Jonathan Gurley represented some of the workers claiming health problems. I think it was all settled quietly back during the Clinton years.
Nope. I know nothing.
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