Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base

serlingrod: 2nd Sep 2007 - 01:06 GMT

you've never heard of Arkanas? It's right between Missoui and Louisana....

EvilGentleman: 2nd Sep 2007 - 01:36 GMT

With Misisipi and Tenese on the east, and Teas and Olahoma on the west, right?

zagg: 27th Jun 2008 - 01:45 GMT

Here's hoping this was a case of two people wanting to have the street named after their home states, so a happy medium was chosen.

David Welch: 22nd Aug 2008 - 19:54 GMT

I was stationed at Plattsbugh AFB from Jul 83 to Oct 86. To bad it had to close, it was a nice assignment.

EvilGentleman: 22nd Aug 2008 - 20:09 GMT

I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat myself, I can tell you, things are no better on the other side of the border. Here is a little of my personal history living on the airbases. While I was growing up, these were my father's postings:

1969 - 1971 CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia
1971 - 1973 CFB Sarcee (Calgary, Alberta) (Closed)
1973 - 1976 CFB Slemon Park (Summerside, Prince Edward Island) (Closed, now a Coast Guard SAR base)
1976 - 1980 CFB Curtis Park (Chatham, New Brunswick) (Closed, now a retirement village)
1980 - 1983 TCTI (Cornwall, Ontario) (Now Nav Canada Training Centre, with most of its training facilities stripped away)
1983 - 1989 CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia

As you can see, Greenwood is the only base still functioning, and even there, things have been scaled back. Definitely a shame, but that's life in the military world.

David B Perry: 14th Nov 2008 - 03:05 GMT

I was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base,fron 1966 to 1970,best yers of my life.Was so sorry to hear it closed down,both my sons were born on base/My oldest son told me he went to visit the base,but it was gone.Why are we closing so many of our bases,are we letting our guard down?It kind of broke me heart,so many good memories and friends,I made during my duty.

Don USAF Retired: 28th Nov 2008 - 00:08 GMT

I was staioned at PBURG from june 1958 util may 1963 the real reason bases were closed was so x
congress could send the money to other countries as a free b. they colsed GEORGE air force base in CA and they could fly the desert 360 days a year.

Gary Wood: 8th Apr 2009 - 15:13 GMT

I was stationed at PAFB from Dec. 1957 to June 1960. It was one of the best times
of my life. Being a SAC base, we had many alerts, which kept all of us very busy.
I remember launching the B-47's with the JATO assist which caused the traffic area
to be very smokey. PAFB was a beautiful base, the townspeople were great, and the
scenery was just beautiful. I will always remember my time served at PAFB

Laurence A. Brown: 19th Jun 2009 - 23:07 GMT

I was stationed at Plattsburgh from August 1958 to Janurary 1961, it was the home of the 380th bomb wing 8th Air force, I remember blazing the trail on route 9 to Montreal
so many good memories not much to do in town we partied at a place called the house by the side of the road, often wanted to go back for a visit, if you were in the Air Force and were not stationed there you missed a treat

A. Gregory: 10th Jul 2009 - 13:54 GMT

I served at Plattsburgh AFB from mid-86 through 88 after a year at Kunsan AB, South Korea. Enjoyed the North Country a helluva lot. Would move back there now if I could. My wife and I just returned home to Pa. from a trip to the Adirondacks, including Plattsburgh. Was amazing to see the place as it now exists, including a pax terminal for the new international airport.

anon (24-176-139-122.dhcp.plt.ny.charter.com): 17th Aug 2009 - 01:24 GMT

Yeah I noticed that too when I was jogging on the base. They probably never even noticed when it was done.

Sue Fenton - PAFB 62 - 66: 13th Sep 2009 - 19:47 GMT

My dad was stationed at Plattsburg AFB from 1962 - 66 - he had to retire after a heart attack. We lived on Montana Drive,my mum was English. Does anyone remember my dad...he was a Staff Sergeant and taught Judo, he had a stammer. He also was a bouncer at Club 500 for a while. I went to Northside Elementary School and had friends called Linda Murphy, Rhonda and there was a boy called Patrick....

Dewayne Louria: 23rd Oct 2009 - 00:27 GMT

My father was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB (did weather). We (Brenda, Michelle, Eddie) lived on Kentucky Circle, went across the street to Northside School (3rd grade Mrs. Patnode) and loved the snow, ice and backyard hockey. Great place went back in 1988 it is still beatiful country.

joan : 28th Oct 2009 - 03:30 GMT

I used to live in plattsburgh and in the 80s had alot of friends on post and lost touch with many wondering how to look them up (facebook not helping)

EvilGentleman: 28th Oct 2009 - 04:05 GMT

You might want to start here:

www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45861094177&ref=search&sid=539626592.4166407987..1

(It's a Facebook group titled "I was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB")

Although you are probably not a military veteran, I would imagine the folks there may be able to point you towards some way of finding what you seek.

As a side note, I find it pretty cool how some of my posts wind up turning into message boards for defunct communities. My Benny Farm articles have wound up becoming a very heavily populated waypoint, with some links put there by former residents, and sometimes even functions as a secondary message board. The internet is so cool that way.

If anyone knows of any P'burgh-related websites or groups, please feel free to post the links here, so that the lost souls who wander this way can be reunited with the rest of you once again.