I see KC135 AC pass over where I live from time to time. A few time during the early days of the gulf war I managed to catch site of 3 groups of American fighters pass over during refueling. Quite a site to see. I enjoy you Videos Mark.
Coming back to the USA from an overseas US Army deployment on wide body Atlas Air flight we landed at Bangor at 2AM. Even though we had been checked by US Army Customs Police before boarding the plane in the combat zone, after landing at Bangor all 300 soldiers had to claim their gear which was two duffel bags and a back pack for most of us, probably 200 lbs of sh!t and drag it through US Customs. Yes, soldiers have to have a passport and go through immigration and clear customs just like every other traveler. I recall drug sniffing dogs in case we were smuggling drugs from the combat zone. Then we loaded all of that same sh!t back onto the same plane to continue on to Fort Hood, TX.
I always thought it was a crock of shit being treated like a criminal coming back from a deployment. Especially after 9-11. We usually had to sit and wait on the A/C till customs got off their' asses and got out to the base. Then we were treated as second class citizens.
Mark, you may, or may not have noticed but Odlin Road runs right along the glide path The faster traffic in the background is on I-95. On your next visit, you might want to set up at the side of Odlin Road and capture the planes as they go over your head. I think you'll get the traditional "Hawaii Five-0" jet underbelly shot. And to answer the unasked question, I'm from New Brunswick but I've passed through Bangor almost annually since I was born. Harmon Field/BIA fascinates me. So much so, that I wanted to write a 3rd novel in the Firefox story. I've always felt that if the US stole a Soviet/Russian jet, the best place to have it land and examined would be BIA. Land at night and taxi straight into one of the commercial hangars.
I was stationed at CAFS in the 60's Dow AFB was our support base and a sac base back then they had loaded 52's on stanby on the runways loaded with nukes of course/
Bangor is in Maine. It was a former USAF base and as such, has what was, at one time, the longest commercial runway on the entire East Coast of the US.
@@KillingMachine96It used to be a divert field for the space shuttle. I was born in Bangor and grew up around there. I used to fly there a lot when I was in the USCG and stationed on Cape Cod back when we had the HU-25C+ there in the 90’s.😊
Boeing... Cream of the crop in airplanes. Helped in a Major way in ww2 in terms of bombers. TOP Airplane company. Airbus didn't even exist back in the old ww2 days. Boeing did and according to experts had a Major role in the allies victory.
TRY LIVING AROUND ALL THIS CRAP. Starting as a WW2 airbase then a SAC support base, the income from the ANG, military stopovers and commercial and private aviation make for lots of money coming into the area. ONLY PROBLEM IS BANGOR GOVERNMENT ALWAYS PUTS THE AIRPORT/BASE 1ST and the rest of us have to live with it. Hell they even exempt the operations from ANY NOISE OR OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE CODES & REGULATIONS
There are two versions of the C-32 in US service; the C-32A is used for VIP transport (usually the Vice President, members of the cabinet and the President if the situation dictates a smaller aircraft). The C-32B, the one shown in this video, is used for highly classified missions. No one outside the DoD is entirely sure what they are used for but there is a lot of speculation that they support various black ops type missions for the intelligence community (especially the CIA) and the Special Operations Command. So no, definitely not immigrants of any kind.
The two Maine tankers that you got departing earlier in the video, if you shot this before noon time would have been MAINE85 and MAINE86. If this was the afternoon/evening it would have been MAINE87 and MAINE88. The tanker with the pine tree painted tail is currently deployed OCONUS to support operations in Europe and the Middle East.
Growing up, I spent part of my summers in Brewer, (Brewer is across the Penobscot River from Bangor) watching various military aircraft land and take off, good times!!
I see KC135 AC pass over where I live from time to time. A few time during the early days of the gulf war I managed to catch site of 3 groups of American fighters pass over during refueling. Quite a site to see. I enjoy you Videos Mark.
Coming back to the USA from an overseas US Army deployment on wide body Atlas Air flight we landed at Bangor at 2AM. Even though we had been checked by US Army Customs Police before boarding the plane in the combat zone, after landing at Bangor all 300 soldiers had to claim their gear which was two duffel bags and a back pack for most of us, probably 200 lbs of sh!t and drag it through US Customs. Yes, soldiers have to have a passport and go through immigration and clear customs just like every other traveler. I recall drug sniffing dogs in case we were smuggling drugs from the combat zone. Then we loaded all of that same sh!t back onto the same plane to continue on to Fort Hood, TX.
I always thought it was a crock of shit being treated like a criminal coming back from a deployment. Especially after 9-11. We usually had to sit and wait on the A/C till customs got off their' asses and got out to the base. Then we were treated as second class citizens.
Love this!!
Mark, you may, or may not have noticed but Odlin Road runs right along the glide path The faster traffic in the background is on I-95. On your next visit, you might want to set up at the side of Odlin Road and capture the planes as they go over your head. I think you'll get the traditional "Hawaii Five-0" jet underbelly shot. And to answer the unasked question, I'm from New Brunswick but I've passed through Bangor almost annually since I was born.
Harmon Field/BIA fascinates me. So much so, that I wanted to write a 3rd novel in the Firefox story. I've always felt that if the US stole a Soviet/Russian jet, the best place to have it land and examined would be BIA. Land at night and taxi straight into one of the commercial hangars.
Wright-Patterson Dayton,OH
I was stationed at CAFS in the 60's Dow AFB was our support base and a sac base back then they had loaded 52's on stanby on the runways loaded with nukes of course/
Very impressive video! Well done, Mark.
Cool thanks.
*Cool Planes*
Nice shots….i see these in the landing pattern on most days over my house…..keep an eye out for those foreign flights on a refueling stop here
The fact I live like an hour away or so from Bangor airport is awesome
Me to twining
Mines like 2 or 3 hours but still close enough
Great catches, awesome video!
worked on that base 1958-1960
Those butters got me good
tuning in from Biddeford
Brewer here lol.
They flew in from Derry.
No doubt some of those planes left with MAINEiac stickers on them somewhere, those guys zaps are everywhere.
Why don't the KC-135 have reverse thrust on their engines?
Ho! Flew many KC97 refueling missions from that base 1959 -1962.
Did my 3 required towered field landings there to get my private pilot certificate. Didn't see anything like this (probably a good thing).
Interesting that the Dornier's have no markings.
And 757...
Maybe they're Maine's answer to Janet Airlines.
Busy and interesting! Did you drive there?
Yes I did.
Ive flown on 8873
Awesome catch. Which US state is the airport?
Bangor is in Maine. It was a former USAF base and as such, has what was, at one time, the longest commercial runway on the entire East Coast of the US.
@@KillingMachine96It used to be a divert field for the space shuttle. I was born in Bangor and grew up around there. I used to fly there a lot when I was in the USCG and stationed on Cape Cod back when we had the HU-25C+ there in the 90’s.😊
Not an expert..is the c-32 a 757 look alike???
The C-32 is the US Air Force’s version of the 757-200. It’s a modified version
Boeing... Cream of the crop in airplanes. Helped in a Major way in ww2 in terms of bombers. TOP Airplane company. Airbus didn't even exist back in the old ww2 days. Boeing did and according to experts had a Major role in the allies victory.
TRY LIVING AROUND ALL THIS CRAP. Starting as a WW2 airbase then a SAC support base, the income from the ANG, military stopovers and commercial and private aviation make for lots of money coming into the area. ONLY PROBLEM IS BANGOR GOVERNMENT ALWAYS PUTS THE AIRPORT/BASE 1ST and the rest of us have to live with it. Hell they even exempt the operations from ANY NOISE OR OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE CODES & REGULATIONS
Move to Gaza then
Who is on that white unnumbered 757... illegal immigrants?
There are two versions of the C-32 in US service; the C-32A is used for VIP transport (usually the Vice President, members of the cabinet and the President if the situation dictates a smaller aircraft). The C-32B, the one shown in this video, is used for highly classified missions. No one outside the DoD is entirely sure what they are used for but there is a lot of speculation that they support various black ops type missions for the intelligence community (especially the CIA) and the Special Operations Command. So no, definitely not immigrants of any kind.
It’s the Mainiacs..101st Re-Fueling Wing…
The two Maine tankers that you got departing earlier in the video, if you shot this before noon time would have been MAINE85 and MAINE86. If this was the afternoon/evening it would have been MAINE87 and MAINE88. The tanker with the pine tree painted tail is currently deployed OCONUS to support operations in Europe and the Middle East.
Growing up, I spent part of my summers in Brewer, (Brewer is across the Penobscot River from Bangor) watching various military aircraft land and take off, good times!!