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In reply to the discussion: Trump quoted Steve Schmidt to attack Bolton this morning. Schmidt responded: [View all]SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)Actually while I was stationed there it changed from a SAC Base to Space & Missile Command & now if Im not mistaken its Space Operations Command & falls under the new Space Force blah blah what the USAF already did. I dont really know much about the so-called Space Force but I cant see it doing anything the USAF wasnt already doing!🤷🏻♂️...Do you know a lot about it?
...I was in the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron as a Sheetmetal & Welding Specialist.
...Being stationed at VAFB was a really fascinating & EERIE (Now that I know more about the world!!) place to be! So, was & (I think) still is the only place on Earth where you can watch the USAF test launch intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs guided ballistic missiles that could end human civilization!😳 Also, at VAFB the USAF runs their own military & public space port where there is very regular rocket launches of all types!! I got to see many ICBM & various rocket launches...Including getting to see a massive Titan IV rocket launch from 4.5 miles away that was INSANE!
...However, I did recently go to Florida & watch a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch! Which is the largest rocket in the world! ...Well, not counting the Saturn V Rocket that took the Apollo Missions to the Moon.
...Oh yeah, VAFB has 35 miles of coast closed to the public that I took full advantage of all the time! The wildlife was AMAZING!! I would hike about 3 miles out from where I parked & catch rock cod, rock crabs & the entire time be entertained by the seals & my favorite, California Otters!🥰