Nat, 
 
 > NP: Yes sir, I believe those were the low level routes used by the 
 > NP: B-52's (and possibly others) for practice bombing runs???? 
 
   The oil burner routes were also used for training purposes for 
   such things as photorecon flights as well... 
 
   The RF4's from Bergstrom AFB in Austin had an OB that was in here in 
   Central Texas up until about eight or ten years ago.  Originally, it 
   went just north of my land site for my rural ham station that is buried 
   in trees.  When I started building the antenna farm, they noticed it! 
   How do I know? 
 
        Grin.. 
 
   Suddenly, the OB moved!  They began blowing the shingles off the roof 
   at xty knots doing recon watching the contruction of the towers etc. for 
   'training' purposes!   I assure you one doesn't have to have served 
   in 'Nam to understand what an RF4 sounds like at a few hundred feet 
   above you doing such work..  I'm a computer guy who works a lot at 
   nights; but boy you won't sleep through that alarm clock the next morning! 
 
 
Mike @ 117/3001 
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