I have read the North River Depot and know quite a bit about pre Loring!!!! We run the Loring Military Heritage Center out at the former Loring AFB. Let me...
... ask ... the mission changing with SAC and the defense and responsibility of the first strike and who would be responsible for the stock pile. Pre would...
My Grandfather had a farm there. My Dad was on that farm until he was 8 years old. I was told that the farm was located were the big hanger is. What...
straight from the book! The Nuclear Weapons Storage Area at Loring once operated as a separate, top-secret base. Originally called Caribou Air Force Station,...
Hi I'm Milton Kidder, new to your group, sorry it took me so long to look. Anyone there remember me or my Sentry Dog BEN 972F. Heather has been in touch with...
Hello, everyone Can we as visitors to drive back around to the "back side" where the weapons storage area used to be? I remember there was a loooong road on...
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2 years ago when I was up there they had the road blocked off so you could not drive back to east Loring. Not sure if they have them unblocked now or not ... ...
-- Hey Matt, for what reason? The only part of Loring I never saw, thought in recent years coming back it would be open? Too hazardous? russ webber 42 FMS...
Im just curious, and believe me i have read 5 or 6 explainations already, but does anyone definately know what the vamp house is for? What made me curious is...
They made it a national wildlife refuge , this way the US Goverment still has control of it. There was a lot of clean up out there but they claim it is all...
The vamp house was building 260. 260 housed the nucular componets for the bombs. It was only used in the early years when it was the 3080th and it had been...
yes there are anumber of stories about the vamp house.I recall reading that it was build when Albert Einstein was up there working on some of his theories in...
... the US Goverment still has control of it. There was a lot of clean up out there but they claim it is all gone!!! The doors on all the bunkers are open so...
Was this out by the Air Police barracks? I worked the small BX in that building while relieving a girl on vacation. Judy Bird (BX 63-65) ... the US Goverment...
Wasn`t the auto hobby shop by the transportation garage? I was there from 72-76 and it seems i remember it being over there. That was almost in the boonies. Ed...
It seems to me the auto hobby shop was across the street from the Motor pool. TMO was just down the street same side as motor pool. Edgar Brown Vehicle ...
It is open to the general public!!! Matt ... _________________________________________________________________ Get a preview of Live Earth, the hottest event...
The area is what was known as East Loring. If you came in the East Gate (closest to Limeston) and drove straight instead of taking the left curve that took you...
I have a booklet titled "This Is Loring" that was given to me when I entered Loring in late 1959. It has a lot of interesting information in it plus a map of...
Was there anything out by the Air Police barracks but the barracks? I had to work out there once at their little BX to relieve a vacation but I don't...
There was the billetting barracks for TDY's that was next to th CDS barracks on the end near the road coming out of MMS. Also a Dining Hall on the far end. 90%...
Ralph I'm sure that I was in East Loring. In the dead of winter, I had to go over the entire base and flight line to get vehicles serial #'s. Every so many...
Thank you Ralph for the information. I was only there for a week so I don't remember much about it. I was Head Cashier at the main BX and each evening an AP...
There were plenty to be sure, both north, south and west....and east too (GF). Let's see what some old timers think, olders ones as well and the newer ones...
... DoDo's Bar next to the Bowling Alley in Caribou was my favorite. I was a local during the 60's. I did join the AF until 74. Phil Bourgoine 42 OMS 75-76 ...
... a local during the ... I remember DoDos ! My favorite place ( 1974 ) would be the much talked about Rendezvous BUT the guys liked to go to a place called...
I was there 8 years and had a few favorites. In Caribou I liked Yousef's, Frederick's South Side and the Jade Palace. In Presque Isle I liked the Carriage...
I am not sure if any of you knew Tom, but he was a kc135 boom operator at Loring back in the 80's. Tom was killed June 7th,2007 while sitting at a red light....
