Was there between January 1990 through January of 1993. I was there during the taking of this video. So many memories. The good ole ski chalet. Partied there a few times. Went to Elmendorf in Alaska after here for 6 years...
I was born and raised in Caribou in the 80's. I only went to the Base with our Church youth leader, when he would take me bowling. You wouldn't happen to know a Sharp or Sharpe, would you? I believe he went by Paul. This would have been late 80's, Maybe as late as 1990. I also drove cab up there a few years ago, and we had so many calls coming from the housing up there now. Beautiful place. Thank you for this vid.
Was there 53 to 54. Flight line mechanic for 69th Bomb Squadron. A/C 2043. Loved the B-36’s. But they were a bear to work on, particularly outdoors in the cold. I’d do it over again in a heartbeat. Presently 6 months away from my 90th birthday! Anyone else left from that period? Like to hear from you. Got my private license at Caribou Flying Service. Owned a Piper Apache for 35 years, 2700 hours total time. Still think of it as my Baby B-36. (0:
was ~6 months old at the time of recording somewhere on the base and ive always wanted to go see it... one day i will. for now this was amazing to see. thanks!
My family moved to Loring in August, 1955 and left in April, 1961. I turned seven the month we arrived and was twelve and a half the day we left. I have great memories of Loring, it was a great place to be a kid. At 9:59 in your video you showed the back door of our house at 181 Meehan Drive, I hadn't seen it in 59 years. Imagine my delight. I used to ski at that ski slope, swim in that pool and play in all those woods. In 1961 we moved back to our home in San Diego California, never to see Maine again. I can't tell you how much this video meant to an old man. Thank you.
Aww thanks for sharing.... We were stationed there after Mt Pinatubo blew up and we evacuated home to Maine ... 42BW/CP.. We visited a couple of years ago, it's truly sad to see what she's become... No more ski chalet or ice skating, no more happy families in base housing, no more American strength on display... No klaxons or aircraft takeoffs... So sad... Thank you...
I lived at 181 Meehan Drive from 1955 to 1958, when we moved to 20 Owings Drive. Obviously, this was long before video cameras so watching you drive right behind my home while driving back from the ski lift area was fascinating. I never thought I would ever see those building again, especially now since they have all been torn down. I can't thank you enough for posting your time-machine of a video. The five and a half years we spent at Loring (from age 7 to 12 and a half) were the core of my childhood and I really enjoyed reliving them.
This was a trip through memory lane! 😁 I grew up not far from Loring. My dad is a service related disabled veteran, who had access to the base. We’d go shopping on base and we’d go to the garage sales every summer.
I was at Loring from '79 to '83 as a young kid. I had some of the best times playing in the snow and exploring the woods. I remember going to the elementary school near the gate. Thanks for sharing!
I was a friend of the Stokka’s back in 1991. Lt Col Terry Stokka and his wife Aretha were some of the nicest folks. I attended the Officers Christian Fellowship that he hosted. I was the base range officer- combat arms training. Terry was the deputy base commander, and my RO, as well as friend.
My father was a navigator on a B52 crew. We were stationed at Loring from 1960 to 1963. I well remember the Cuban Missile Crisis,. All the crews packed up and bunked at the alert barracks until it was over. And Good God was it cold up there!😊
Even though I didn’t serve or ever darkened the door of Loring AFB ME, I was in the USAF active duty when this was filmed, in another base, exactly when this was filmed, with just as much snow and just as cold. Out west in Montana at Malmstrom AFB and we had KC-135 and Minute man 2 missiles. This video brings back memories for me. The kiddos in this are about 30 now? Hope you and your wife are both still together, you had a nice little family. Sad that many of these bases are now closed and going to seed. Makes me think that our forces are not what they once were. So you were the guy who made those amazing cakes and pies and put them in that rotating glass case? You sir, are a saint! Love those delicacies and I ate them often! Thanks for your service
Thank you! : ) We ended up with 12 kids!!!! The ones on the video are now 32 and 30. Crazy! Unfortunately, my wife and 2 kids died in a car accident in 2011, then another daughter in 2015. I remarried in 2012 and we have 4 girls left at home. I'm still a very blessed man and without the Lord Jesus in my life, I'd be a hot mess. God is good! NeedGod.com
Tonywith10 wow! I am a Christian and was saved while in the Air Force! I share Ray comfort videos all the time and he is definitely inspired me to witness more, so glad you are doing well and I agree, without Jesus I be a hot mess as well. Sorry to hear about your first wife and 2 kids, but I’m sure they are with Jesus now! You will go to them one day soon! Thanks for responding as I at first wasn’t sure where this comment was from and I seen I posted that a year ago! Be blessed in the Lord my friend
My dad was stationed at Loring from '78-'83, I was in my high school years, going to Limestone High School. We lived in the officer end of Loring Drive (that housing area you showed at the beginning of the video near the front gate). This brought back quite a few memories!
Great video! I lived at 510 Meehan Dr and worked as a KC-135 Crew Chief. My daughter was born in the new hospital you taped. 1985-1989. When I go to google maps now it says Meehan ROAD, but I swear it was Meehan DRIVE when the base was open. Also, 510 was at the south end of Meehan, not at the north end like google shows. Trippy.
I lived at 181 Meehan Dr. for three years as a kid, you're absolutely right, it was Drive. 181 was on the north end and 510 would have been on the south end so your memory is perfect.
Well Thank you so much for his video, I was trying to find something for my first born in 93 to see what the base was like and this was awesome/perfect. She was born in 93 and connects to the NE because of it.. Just FYI Robbie Dale was a friend and a great surprise in this video for me... Also Ty for all the Goodies, Im sure I ate many of them..
I live here currently and... It's just shocking to see what it was like back then I've lived on base since mid 2019 and up until now I've explored a fair amount of what's left I find it sad how much isn't there anymore compared to back then but at the same time it's understandable All in all for those who see this I'm happy to possibly make videos of it's current state just leave suggestions of places to go and I'll see what I can do
407th AREFS/42nd Bomb Wing 1986-1989. Brings back memories. I like the shot of the guard gate and entrance. The last time I saw that was....in my rear view mirror.
It's so sad to see the state of the old base now. I live up here, and we all wish the base would open back up. They want to bring business there, but the roads are basically destroyed. They've never been paved since it closed.
This would've been so awesome if the camera wasn't thrown around so much. Good video though, brought back memories. I was there just as Desert Storm was wrapping up... That's how I remember the base.
New dorms and new chow hall from after my time there, 1978 - 80. 42 SupS/LGSF (POL). Don't know about your time there, but during my time, everybody on base, except those who had trouble with their budget, was on separate rations. Chow hall was a la carte and you paid for each item, fairly low cost. Because of ration dollars, I spent a lot of time at the NCO (actually, all ranks) Club, not for drinking, but for food - they had a decent dining room and a sandwich shop at the time. Chow hall was okay, but I was on Mid Shift most of the time and the club's schedule worked better for me, plus there was a group of people who would join me or that I would join for meals. But I fondly remember the Salisbury Steak (affectionately: Bricks) at the chow hall, for some reason. Don't recall any bad meals, except that the Air Force didn't believe in Marinara and insisted on serving spaghetti with meat sauce (balanced diet, you understand). I still remember the bus loads of security cops coming in from the alert areas in the winter, in all their arctic gear, almost all of them eating chili, before heading back out to their posts. Thanks for the home movies!
I was there as a dependent from 59-64. Very familiar surroundings even after 27 years. One can see the base is being thrust further into the 20th century with some of its new additions, like the recycling center. Do you know if the Youth Center was new, or a remodeled version of the old one? I did a layout of the Youth Center in the video I did of Loring ruclips.net/video/USkX6jZs3Cg/видео.html. I'm not aware of a more complete video of the base layout. Waytogo!
I lived at Loring from Summer, 1955, to Spring, 1961. I had just turned 7 when we got there and I was 12 and a half when we left. The Youth Center was pretty new when I started going there, probably in 1956 or 1957. Your layout of it in your video was spot on, it brought back many memories. What a great place to be a kid, I remember when they opened the new, indoor pool, one end was all glass. We'd be swimming in the nicely warmed water looking at the huge drifts of snow. Great memories.
Hi there. I was wondering if you might remember the name of the childcare facility or the elementary school. I used to live on Loring AFB as a young child- would've been 3 in 1991. I'm trying to find a friend i was seperated from but all i know is her first name.
Amazingly, most of the base is still there-with the exception of the base housing sections-which the 2 largest are gone. My base faired far worse thru Hurricane Andrew( Homestead AFB).
I lived on Foulois Drive. I understand they turned the heat off when the base closed, and winters caused such destruction in the unheated structures they had no choice but to tear them down.
Was there between January 1990 through January of 1993. I was there during the taking of this video. So many memories. The good ole ski chalet. Partied there a few times. Went to Elmendorf in Alaska after here for 6 years...
My dad was stationed at Loring 1964 to 1969. I have very fond memories of living there. Thank you for memories!
I was born and raised in Caribou in the 80's. I only went to the Base with our Church youth leader, when he would take me bowling. You wouldn't happen to know a Sharp or Sharpe, would you? I believe he went by Paul. This would have been late 80's, Maybe as late as 1990. I also drove cab up there a few years ago, and we had so many calls coming from the housing up there now. Beautiful place. Thank you for this vid.
Was there 53 to 54. Flight line mechanic for 69th Bomb Squadron. A/C 2043. Loved the B-36’s. But they were a bear to work on, particularly outdoors in the cold.
I’d do it over again in a heartbeat. Presently 6 months away from my 90th birthday! Anyone else left from that period? Like to hear from you.
Got my private license at Caribou Flying Service. Owned a Piper Apache for 35 years, 2700 hours total time. Still think of it as my Baby B-36. (0:
My father was stationed there in 1958. I'm not sure about 1954, 55, and so on if he was there or not.
was ~6 months old at the time of recording somewhere on the base and ive always wanted to go see it... one day i will. for now this was amazing to see. thanks!
My family moved to Loring in August, 1955 and left in April, 1961. I turned seven the month we arrived and was twelve and a half the day we left. I have great memories of Loring, it was a great place to be a kid. At 9:59 in your video you showed the back door of our house at 181 Meehan Drive, I hadn't seen it in 59 years. Imagine my delight. I used to ski at that ski slope, swim in that pool and play in all those woods. In 1961 we moved back to our home in San Diego California, never to see Maine again. I can't tell you how much this video meant to an old man. Thank you.
At 15:30 OMG. This is the first time I have seen those dorm buildings since I left Loring more than 30 years ago.
The bank at 1:00 is a private home now. I drove by it earlier during the 2022 open house, thinking the overhang in the driveway was a bit odd.
Turning a bank into a private residence!? I’d sure like to see how they did that! Wonder if the former vault is now their gun safe? LOL
@@johnjerozal6803 That's what I was thinking. Definitely took a slow-roll by there when I was leaving, certainly is a home now.
I grew up in Caribou and was there from '78 to '98. Thanks for sharing. Many good memories of Loring AFB.
Aww thanks for sharing....
We were stationed there after Mt Pinatubo blew up and we evacuated home to Maine ... 42BW/CP..
We visited a couple of years ago, it's truly sad to see what she's become...
No more ski chalet or ice skating, no more happy families in base housing, no more American strength on display... No klaxons or aircraft takeoffs...
So sad...
Thank you...
I lived at 181 Meehan Drive from 1955 to 1958, when we moved to 20 Owings Drive. Obviously, this was long before video cameras so watching you drive right behind my home while driving back from the ski lift area was fascinating. I never thought I would ever see those building again, especially now since they have all been torn down. I can't thank you enough for posting your time-machine of a video. The five and a half years we spent at Loring (from age 7 to 12 and a half) were the core of my childhood and I really enjoyed reliving them.
This was a trip through memory lane! 😁 I grew up not far from Loring. My dad is a service related disabled veteran, who had access to the base. We’d go shopping on base and we’d go to the garage sales every summer.
Thanks for the video. Supply Squadron (Aircraft Parts Store) 1992 -1994
I was at Loring from '79 to '83 as a young kid. I had some of the best times playing in the snow and exploring the woods. I remember going to the elementary school near the gate. Thanks for sharing!
Tony--thank you so much for posting this. Seeing old friends and the base I called home for 10 years made this day great. Thanks for the memories!
I was a friend of the Stokka’s back in 1991. Lt Col Terry Stokka and his wife Aretha were some of the nicest folks. I attended the Officers Christian Fellowship that he hosted. I was the base range officer- combat arms training. Terry was the deputy base commander, and my RO, as well as friend.
Auto correct- Mrs Stokka was named Artha
I also LOVED their home fellowship. It really grounded me in the scriptures. I'm trying to remember you. : )
My father was a navigator on a B52 crew. We were stationed at Loring from 1960 to 1963. I well remember the Cuban Missile Crisis,. All the crews packed up and bunked at the alert barracks until it was over. And Good God was it cold up there!😊
Ate there for Thanksgiving and Christmas a few times with my Dad. One of the best chow halls I've been to.
Even though I didn’t serve or ever darkened the door of Loring AFB ME, I was in the USAF active duty when this was filmed, in another base, exactly when this was filmed, with just as much snow and just as cold. Out west in Montana at Malmstrom AFB and we had KC-135 and Minute man 2 missiles. This video brings back memories for me. The kiddos in this are about 30 now? Hope you and your wife are both still together, you had a nice little family. Sad that many of these bases are now closed and going to seed. Makes me think that our forces are not what they once were. So you were the guy who made those amazing cakes and pies and put them in that rotating glass case? You sir, are a saint! Love those delicacies and I ate them often! Thanks for your service
Thank you! : )
We ended up with 12 kids!!!!
The ones on the video are now 32 and 30. Crazy!
Unfortunately, my wife and 2 kids died in a car accident in 2011, then another daughter in 2015. I remarried in 2012 and we have 4 girls left at home. I'm still a very blessed man and without the Lord Jesus in my life, I'd be a hot mess. God is good!
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Tonywith10 wow! I am a Christian and was saved while in the Air Force! I share Ray comfort videos all the time and he is definitely inspired me to witness more, so glad you are doing well and I agree, without Jesus I be a hot mess as well. Sorry to hear about your first wife and 2 kids, but I’m sure they are with Jesus now! You will go to them one day soon! Thanks for responding as I at first wasn’t sure where this comment was from and I seen I posted that a year ago! Be blessed in the Lord my friend
My dad was stationed at Loring from '78-'83, I was in my high school years, going to Limestone High School. We lived in the officer end of Loring Drive (that housing area you showed at the beginning of the video near the front gate). This brought back quite a few memories!
Great video! I lived at 510 Meehan Dr and worked as a KC-135 Crew Chief. My daughter was born in the new hospital you taped. 1985-1989. When I go to google maps now it says Meehan ROAD, but I swear it was Meehan DRIVE when the base was open. Also, 510 was at the south end of Meehan, not at the north end like google shows. Trippy.
I lived at 181 Meehan Dr. for three years as a kid, you're absolutely right, it was Drive. 181 was on the north end and 510 would have been on the south end so your memory is perfect.
Lived at 369 Meehan Drive 88-90; definitely was ‘Drive’. My husband was B-52 mechanic, FMS
Well Thank you so much for his video, I was trying to find something for my first born in 93 to see what the base was like and this was awesome/perfect. She was born in 93 and connects to the NE because of it..
Just FYI Robbie Dale was a friend and a great surprise in this video for me...
Also Ty for all the Goodies, Im sure I ate many of them..
Quite welcome! : )
Lived on loring dr from 76-78 . What great times I had living on loring . Love the pizza kitchen and the pines and limestone high !!!!
Dad was stationed there. Lived there 87-94(brat). Thanks for the video!
Thank you. I was on B-52Gs until 1968 and much of it changes, but some, very little, is the same. It was nice seeing it before it was closed.
I ALWAYS got the rice and gravy. That was some good stuff!
I live here currently and... It's just shocking to see what it was like back then
I've lived on base since mid 2019 and up until now I've explored a fair amount of what's left
I find it sad how much isn't there anymore compared to back then but at the same time it's understandable
All in all for those who see this I'm happy to possibly make videos of it's current state just leave suggestions of places to go and I'll see what I can do
407th AREFS/42nd Bomb Wing 1986-1989. Brings back memories. I like the shot of the guard gate and entrance. The last time I saw that was....in my rear view mirror.
It's so sad to see the state of the old base now. I live up here, and we all wish the base would open back up. They want to bring business there, but the roads are basically destroyed. They've never been paved since it closed.
Wow. Just as I remember it.
This would've been so awesome if the camera wasn't thrown around so much. Good video though, brought back memories. I was there just as Desert Storm was wrapping up... That's how I remember the base.
New dorms and new chow hall from after my time there, 1978 - 80. 42 SupS/LGSF (POL).
Don't know about your time there, but during my time, everybody on base, except those who had trouble with their budget, was on separate rations. Chow hall was a la carte and you paid for each item, fairly low cost. Because of ration dollars, I spent a lot of time at the NCO (actually, all ranks) Club, not for drinking, but for food - they had a decent dining room and a sandwich shop at the time.
Chow hall was okay, but I was on Mid Shift most of the time and the club's schedule worked better for me, plus there was a group of people who would join me or that I would join for meals. But I fondly remember the Salisbury Steak (affectionately: Bricks) at the chow hall, for some reason. Don't recall any bad meals, except that the Air Force didn't believe in Marinara and insisted on serving spaghetti with meat sauce (balanced diet, you understand). I still remember the bus loads of security cops coming in from the alert areas in the winter, in all their arctic gear, almost all of them eating chili, before heading back out to their posts.
Thanks for the home movies!
I remember the late late night meals when we were on full alert cause of the Tienemen Square incident in 89.
Two of my kids were born on Loring, I served there 89-93 42nd CES...
Me too! I ended up with 12 of them!!!!!!
I was at Loring 87-92. Good duty once you got used to the idea you weren't gonna see dirt from December to March or April.
I was born in the green monster in 66, i currently live in the Midcoast region.
My pops was stationed there from 92-94. I was enrolled in that daycare at the time too.
How many people were at the base at its peak ?
21 years after I lived there. 68-70.
What happened to the dorms and the chow hall after it closed? Were they torn down as well?
I was born there in ‘87. Father was stationed there, last name Knedler. Anyone serve in the mid-late 80’s?
I was there 85 to 87.
19:28 this was best Dinning hall in the whole Air Force ❤
Did I hear her say near the beginning that the B-52s were already gone? What was left at the base flying at that time?
I was there as a dependent from 59-64. Very familiar surroundings even after 27 years. One can see the base is being thrust further into the 20th century with some of its new additions, like the recycling center. Do you know if the Youth Center was new, or a remodeled version of the old one? I did a layout of the Youth Center in the video I did of Loring ruclips.net/video/USkX6jZs3Cg/видео.html. I'm not aware of a more complete video of the base layout. Waytogo!
I lived at Loring from Summer, 1955, to Spring, 1961. I had just turned 7 when we got there and I was 12 and a half when we left. The Youth Center was pretty new when I started going there, probably in 1956 or 1957. Your layout of it in your video was spot on, it brought back many memories. What a great place to be a kid, I remember when they opened the new, indoor pool, one end was all glass. We'd be swimming in the nicely warmed water looking at the huge drifts of snow. Great memories.
I was a dependent there from 1960-1964 and attended both Damon elementary and Harrison elementary on base. We lived on Clark Court. Loved being there!
Hi there. I was wondering if you might remember the name of the childcare facility or the elementary school. I used to live on Loring AFB as a young child- would've been 3 in 1991. I'm trying to find a friend i was seperated from but all i know is her first name.
The two elementary schools were: Damon Elementary and Harrison Elementary. We left in 1961, there wasn't a childcare facility then.
Sorry, don't remember
Really sad they did turned off heat and in the process damage housing. People in that area could used the houses.
Maybe Damon or Harrison Elementary?
I was born hear 1988.. Limestone
It was good hearing a certain person's voice again even though it was a much younger time. I miss her.
8000 acres. massive.
Were you there when they closed?
Left in 94. It was almost closed. : )
Great job on this!
Thanks!
Amazingly, most of the base is still there-with the exception of the base housing sections-which the 2 largest are gone. My base faired far worse thru Hurricane Andrew( Homestead AFB).
I remember going down there for relief efforts. : )
I lived on Foulois Drive. I understand they turned the heat off when the base closed, and winters caused such destruction in the unheated structures they had no choice but to tear them down.
thanks
I was stationed there in 1981- 1982, CE..electrician. nice people but too cold for me
17:08 Robby Dahl ! He was my buddy
I was an s.p. there for over 2 years and that was the worst base i was at. Nothing to do and dumpy