Photos of Loring AFB

[Nikos]

Photo of the old Loring AFB.

[winterg]

I did both of my Class A Encampments in the late 80's at Loring.  Fond memories.

[Nikos]

[PHall]

Ah yes, Loring AFB. As close as the Air Force ever came to a gulag.

[MSG Mac]

Protecting the US from the Canada

[THRAWN]

Protecting the US from the Canada

Have you seen a Canadian? That blazing white skin will blind you...

[NIN]

Ah yes, Loring AFB. As close as the Air Force ever came to a gulag.

That was Minot, Phil.

[PHall]

Ah yes, Loring AFB. As close as the Air Force ever came to a gulag.

That was Minot, Phil.

Who said there was only one?

[SarDragon]

Minot is a lot closer to real civilization then Loring.

[Nikos]

Another photo I took at Loring.  Don't know what this building was used for.  There is some writing above the number 40.

[Luis R. Ramos]

Zoomed in the number 40. Was able to read some letters, others I was not able to do so.

At the top, either W P A ? ? ? or W F A ? ? ? Below this, Load Trai ? ? ? ? Makes me think it involves some sort of training related to loading airplanes...

Maybe someone else with actual Air Force experience, or better yet SAC experience can connect those letters with their service.

Found a website dedicated to Loring.

http://www.loringairforcebase.com/index.html

Part of that website were photos and documents from a project at the Library of Congress...

http://www.loringairforcebase.com/loc/

[LSThiker]

Another photo I took at Loring.  Don't know what this building was used for.  There is some writing above the number 40.

Here is the best I was able to darken it considering I am not working with a RAW file but a JPEG.  Attached as a PDF.

[Luis R. Ramos]

Oh, still not very clear, but much better now! I think I can read the following...

At the top, Weapons, next line is Load Training!

I guess the building was used so the loadmasters of the airplanes would learn and practice loading different combinations of bombloads. And/or other weapons carried by those bombers...

There are people with more experience in SAC and USAF. Maybe they can talk now about their duties on arming airplanes?

[PHall]

Oh, still not very clear, but much better now! I think I can read the following...

At the top, Weapons, next line is Load Training!

I guess the building was used so the loadmasters of the airplanes would learn and practice loading different combinations of bombloads. And/or other weapons carried by those bombers...

There are people with more experience in SAC and USAF. Maybe they can talk now about their duties on arming airplanes?

First, Bombers  do not have Loadmasters.

Weapons are loaded and unloaded by load crews from the Munitions Maintenance Squadron.
The Radar Navigator (B-52)/Offensive Systems Operator (B-1) are the folks who target and release the weapons from the aircraft.

The Weapons Load Trainer was used to train and certify Weapons Load Crews.

[Nikos]

This is a photo of what I think is an aircraft hanger. 

[Nikos]

This is a photo of the old Columbia Falls Air Force Station, in Columbia Falls Maine.  What looks like a fence is part of the Radar receiver.  There are 3 of these buildings all in the same general location.  The towers point towards Bangor.