George AFB

George AFB F-4s in 1978

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[znuto]

on cold desert mornings we used to stand behind that exhaust, just off to the side. it was nice and warm. but then you smelled like burnt kerosene for the rest of the day

[znuto]

I built a few darts myself1

[taz6125]

was there from 76-78. man o man, brings back great memories. patroled the flight line a few times, but mostly the housing area.

[znuto]

@taz6125 thanks for keeping us safe

[znuto]

when you posted "its me" I thought I had found a long lost friend who is the guy in the white bunny suit

[kykykyb2]

Good lord its me..

[znuto]

@kykykyb2

are you Larry Harvey?

[guns4uandme]

Wow what memories! I was station @George

Nov 67 - May 69 prior to going to Tan Son Nhut. Was with Det 12 SAR. Search n Rescue. On end of flight line hangar with HH-43 helicopters. We rescued the pilots who F-up and hit the mountains when practing there gunnery targets prior going to NAM. Sorry they had to close it. Had some great times!

[derek7521]

@znuto Heck yeah .. We did that too LOL !

[joeybnsf2001]

I now work at old George now SCLA Victorville at pacific aerospace resources & technologies on B747 we still use some of the old trucks and hangers from the AFB.

[docvegas22]

I thing the ground guide realized at the last second not to walk directly behind the exhaust! He would have burnt his ass really well!

[usaff4]

I was at George in the late 60's. I flew in the f4's as a tow reel operator towing targets. I miss it!

[llequire1]

Stationed there 1977-1978. White Section. 7th female crew chief. Crewed 67-761. Really, really glad there were no cell phone videos from back then :). Good times

[llequire1]

I was there 1976-1978.....7th female crew chief on flight line. White section 21st TF.......

[kykykyb2]

1 st off I'm am not Larry Harvey

But I worked bent wing rice bugs for along tine.

znuto 12 hours ago

[SJSSocoms]

My god i loved that place so much! I miss it so much! I can remember everything about that base. I remember the first house on base we lived in. 13 Wyomi street. You what i miss so much on that base? I remember my Dad would take me to the end of the flight line and watch the F-4's take off. He was in the Air Force for 22.5 years and spent 8 years on that base. I was born in 1978. I would give anything to be with my Dad again on that base...and I mean anything!

[SJSSocoms]

Why did you have to post this video! I was born and grew up on that base. You have brought tear to my eyes!. I miss Dad!

[Gazoo2911]

@Kaledrums HEY YOU WERE, MY MOM AND DAD MET HERE around this time AND I WAS BORN IN 88 ON THIS VERY SITE i am a MILITARY BRAT!!!

[Velvetj69]

Stationed at George from 87 to 90, in the 561st "Yellow" section, where the motto was 5+6+1 = 12 hour shifts. My nickname was "Coleman Jones", as I always wanted to drive a coleman aircraft tug around untill I buried one in a ditch one day. I also worked at the NCO club while under-age and rank (i did not drink). A lot of good memories there, and I've been back recently on my way to Edwards...some of the buildings are getting really run down, but a lot of history remains.

Velvet

[MaduraMi]

I was there in the 20AMU(silver section) from 86-90. Great memories! Thanks for sharing.

[TechnoToxicRaver]

Was stattioned @ George from '71 to '74. Having grown up in land-locked L.A. , I LOVED the beauty of the surrounding desert. Back in '71, there were no housing tracts, malls, gangs or even a McDonalds in Victorville (until '73). I loved George AFB-was assigned to the Weather squadron, where I worked in the weather shack right by Runway 16--watched tons of F-4s take off and land. . Got orders for Da Nang in late '71--but after a year of postponements, the orders were cancelled.

[derek7521]

HEY znuto thanks a ton for the old GAFB film !!!! I was there 81-84 21st AMU pneudraulics. Seeing this brings back a flood of good / bad memories ! LOL ! Being undermanned , working 16 hr shifts on broke F4-E's. So many IFE's for utility failures ! Pigs on the wing ! Hog out stenciled under panels by the paint barn. Crammed in a wheel well with Cheryl Brown and her big boobies !! Goin to the Desert Fox Hesperia getting drunk ! FOD walks ! Tail number 6 triple criple. Asian girls at the NCO club

[Kaledrums]

my dad was stationed at GAFB from 80 to about 88 i believe it was. My sister was born there too. I remember going to GAFB elementary School And then shepherd elementary for JR Ist and my teachers name oddly enough was Mrs. Shepherd. I remember the youth an teen center by jack and jill pre school on base. and we lived on carolina and Virginia. I really miss George I wish I had the money to buy it and convert it into a working museum

[SirStrazzen]

I was Yellow Section-561st Tac. Ftr.Sqdn. :Comm-Nav shop from 1986-91. Did the deployment to Egypt twice , West Germany (LOL) twice and then the Storm. I guess once you walk the path of a warrior/soldier it never really leaves you even though you leave it. ANd yes , the bowling allies snack bar was freaki'n awesome!! We got BK on base around 88, but I stayed true to the Alley grill. Nothing better than Cheesbrgr's & Fried zucchini. MMMmmmmmm.

[znuto]

I havent been back since I left in 80