Wicked Jester
Libsmackin'chef
I was stationed in Alaska from 81-83. We went and trained with the AK National guard up in Kotzebue. We bunked down at an air force Early Warning Defense Station. It was a tiny lil' outpost with two huge radar domes, and a couple of small barracks buildings. Underneath one of the building was a one lane bowling alley and small bar for the AF personnel. On the walls of the bar, it was covered in pictures, like wallpaper, of AF fighters escorting soviet migs out of US airspace over the Bering Straight. The threat in the 80's WAS very real. People just don't understand. Or, they understand, but for political reasons don't want to admit it. Reagans accomplishments in that area were huge for this great country. At no time did the soviets fear a US president like they did Reagan. And we are much better off for it!Remember those air raid sirens?i'm not a big reagan guy, but hindsight is 20/20.
it's like all those "duck and cover" cartoons. they're hilarious now; they weren't so funny when i was 7 and the cuban missile crisis was in full bloom.
at the time in the 80's, i can assure you that as far as anyone knew, the soviet threat was very real.
yep, and the trefoils on the bldgs with the shelter capacity on them.