It always makes me sad to see how bases that were once alive with activity have been left to rot. My first 2 trips to the ETTF in the mid 80's departed from Loring. Although I never wanted to be stationed there it is still sad to see how it is today.
Loring was right up there with bases servicemembers did NOT want to go. I think there were right up there with the base in North Dakota, and Hollowman AFB in NM. I was trying to transfer from Hollowman AFB to Loring AFB only because I had family in Bangor, Maine.
I was born at Loring and I always wanted to go see where I was born. Watching this video makes me sad, especially when I remember all the stories my parents told of what the base was like. Maybe one day I will go, who knows? This video just shows how far this base has fallen since it was closed.
Amazing how a place can go to complete ruin in such a relatively short time. The rest of the base is completely gone. It is surreal to return there if you were there in it's heyday as I was in 1972. It's like a giant UFO came along and vacuumed the place up. There are sidewalks that go out into fields and not a splinter, cinder or nail to be found where many buildings once stood. You stand there and lose your bearings trying to figure out where everything was.
Heartbreaking 💔, back in the early 70’s Loring was a busy bustling base with a very active runway. The sounds of B52s coming in & going out went on 24/7. Yes, it was definitely cold, winters were biter, summers mild. It was a city with everything folks needed. Terrible to see the base closed & rotted.
if the photo at 2:17 is the top of the main control tower it has since been renovated. even the secondary flight control station has been redone and can be operational right ricky tick
I was an air traffic controller there for many years. Never been so cold in my life!! But still good memories!! Too bad it is such a mess. The runway is very long, all SAC bases were, so one would think the community could have put the place into some productive use. BUT, there isn't much up there. Potatoes and sugar beets and in the winter most of the farmers stayed "alive" financially by driving the snow plows to keep the runway open. I hope the little town outside the base, Limestone, Me., is okay.
The town is a almost a ghost town now. I was just at the base 2 days ago. It's sad to see what has happened. The government should have been made to clean it up. The little town of limestone could never afford to clean it up. All that farm land was ruined to put in the base just so the government could close it up. Waste of tax money. The government could have still used it for other things.
That doesn't surprise me car all. The government in general and the military specifically, could care less about what they do to people. Limestone, the farmers and the Indians who lived and worked up there for decades are meaningless to Washington. Limestone doesn't have any political power so they can be safely ignored. This crap will never end!
42 oms there middle of feb, 1977. To May 1979, i could nor in prlcess for 6 days, it just snowed, and snowed again, preflights xuring the dead of winter could be very challenging, 0300, -18 wind gusting to 25 knots , as a crew chief there , KC-135, preflivhts 8 hours, bomber guys 12 hours, u were responsible for snow/ ice removal, plus the apu 's on tankers could not really heat the aircraft, so we would hopefully get some portable heat, most times yeah, sometime no,we had some tough flying guys back than,proud to serve witb,
Can anyone tell me what those brown mounds are at 2:57 and at 46°57'25.0"N 67°54'03.3"W on Google Earth? They look like burial mounds, but from 90 to 140 feet in length, I wonder what they could be. Just mounds of dirt on the tarmac?
@@russellloveland1214 Fake News. Those are just piles of dirt, associated with recent compost research projects going on in the area. The former nuclear weapons storage area is to the northeast of the airfield.
It always makes me sad to see how bases that were once alive with activity have been left to rot. My first 2 trips to the ETTF in the mid 80's departed from Loring. Although I never wanted to be stationed there it is still sad to see how it is today.
Loring was right up there with bases servicemembers did NOT want to go. I think there were right up there with the base in North Dakota, and Hollowman AFB in NM. I was trying to transfer from Hollowman AFB to Loring AFB only because I had family in Bangor, Maine.
I was born at Loring and I always wanted to go see where I was born. Watching this video makes me sad, especially when I remember all the stories my parents told of what the base was like. Maybe one day I will go, who knows? This video just shows how far this base has fallen since it was closed.
I was there with a church group from Northern New Brunswick back in the early 70's. Holy jeez is this ever a shock to see this base in this condition.
I was here TDY a few years back. There is a lot more on this base than just the old hangers.
Amazing how a place can go to complete ruin in such a relatively short time.
The rest of the base is completely gone. It is surreal to return there if you were there in it's heyday as I was in 1972. It's like a giant UFO came along and vacuumed the place up. There are sidewalks that go out into fields and not a splinter, cinder or nail to be found where many buildings once stood. You stand there and lose your bearings trying to figure out where everything was.
Heartbreaking 💔, back in the early 70’s Loring was a busy bustling base with a very active runway. The sounds of B52s coming in & going out went on 24/7. Yes, it was definitely cold, winters were biter, summers mild. It was a city with everything folks needed. Terrible to see the base closed & rotted.
Best 4 years of my life
if the photo at 2:17 is the top of the main control tower it has since been renovated. even the secondary flight control station has been redone and can be operational right ricky tick
I was there today. There is no reno going on. I drove on the runway..I have pics to prove..
My grandfather was a jet mechanic there, kinda cool to see the base how it is now
I was an air traffic controller there for many years. Never been so cold in my life!! But still good memories!! Too bad it is such a mess. The runway is very long, all SAC bases were, so one would think the community could have put the place into some productive use. BUT, there isn't much up there. Potatoes and sugar beets and in the winter most of the farmers stayed "alive" financially by driving the snow plows to keep the runway open. I hope the little town outside the base, Limestone, Me., is okay.
The town is a almost a ghost town now. I was just at the base 2 days ago. It's sad to see what has happened. The government should have been made to clean it up. The little town of limestone could never afford to clean it up. All that farm land was ruined to put in the base just so the government could close it up. Waste of tax money. The government could have still used it for other things.
That doesn't surprise me car all. The government in general and the military specifically, could care less about what they do to people. Limestone, the farmers and the Indians who lived and worked up there for decades are meaningless to Washington. Limestone doesn't have any political power so they can be safely ignored. This crap will never end!
Below that air traffic tower was a small resturant that made great greasy hamburgers.Only thing I’ll ever miss about that place. Hated it there.
Yeah, we' go there to eat on mid shift
I was born in Limestone 7/31/54 it wasn't even finished ,the hospital walls were just sheets. We left for Europe 9 weeks later. I'd live to go there.
Harsh winters and contamination. It is a shame.
I was there in ‘52 &’53 we were still slopping through mud. When the B-47’s came in you knew you were holed up for a week
How old is the control tower? Looks pretty modern.
find it strange how you can go check out the old bunkers on the animal refuge???? i do
the great went & lemon wheel phish concerts...both beautiful baby !
and IT..
I was at the lemonwheel... Whew...what a time
42 oms there middle of feb, 1977. To May 1979, i could nor in prlcess for 6 days, it just snowed, and snowed again, preflights xuring the dead of winter could be very challenging, 0300, -18 wind gusting to 25 knots , as a crew chief there , KC-135, preflivhts 8 hours, bomber guys 12 hours, u were responsible for snow/ ice removal, plus the apu 's on tankers could not really heat the aircraft, so we would hopefully get some portable heat, most times yeah, sometime no,we had some tough flying guys back than,proud to serve witb,
Can anyone tell me what those brown mounds are at 2:57 and at 46°57'25.0"N 67°54'03.3"W on Google Earth? They look like burial mounds, but from 90 to 140 feet in length, I wonder what they could be. Just mounds of dirt on the tarmac?
Those are where the nuclear weapons were stored
Pretty much just mounds of dirt. There are various groups working in the area these days with compost related research projects.
@@ryanmasterman4717 Incorrect. The weapons storage area was to the northeast of the airfield, and had quite a bit of interesting history itself.
Those held the nuke bombs
@@russellloveland1214 Fake News.
Those are just piles of dirt, associated with recent compost research projects going on in the area. The former nuclear weapons storage area is to the northeast of the airfield.
the largest group nude photo was taken here in 1997 at a phish show,,,good times
I was in the photo...
Shameful and sad