Vertigo Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 #2 Earickson Naval Air Station (formerly known as Shemya AFB) - 100% truth: there is a pretty girl behind every tree...then you arrive and realize there no trees on the 4 sq mile island surrounded by the Bering Sea and the North Pacific. 50 knot sustained winds and zero visibility fog are relatively common. I wentTDY to Shemya for a couple weeks... scariest landing I've ever been through. Once on ground though we had a pretty good time. Nothing to do after hours but booze it up, so we did. I think I'm still hungover from that trip... and that was 13 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BQZip01 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I wentTDY to Shemya for a couple weeks... scariest landing I've ever been through. Once on ground though we had a pretty good time. Nothing to do after hours but booze it up, so we did. I think I'm still hungover from that trip... and that was 13 years ago. I guess I'm think more of the Cold War days when the Cobra Ball was on alert 24/7...no booze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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