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To: Radix
Within the flight line area of what used to be Otis AFB, is Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod.

The rest of the base, which is huge land-wise, is Camp Edwards, a National Guard/Reserve base. Used to see weekend warriors of all services there from time to time.

I was assigned to the 6th Missile (replaced with Space) Warning Squadron, Cape Cod Air Force Station, a fenced off area on the Northern tip of the base, by the Sagamore Bridge. We were just a little old radar station running a giant phased array radar.

Here's a picture:

Looks like they're getting power from windmills now.

What do they do if the enemy launches missiles when it's a dead calm?

149 posted on 08/19/2018 9:14:38 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Windmills were probably Barack boondoggles.


155 posted on 08/19/2018 9:26:03 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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