Strange, dude... Strange...

[ChezDaJez]

I did 2 deployments to Keflavik; the first with VP-5 in 1975, the second with VP-40 in 1985. I used to hang out at the MarBar there... good food!

I believe patrol squadrons still deploy to Kef but I'm pretty much out of touch with the tempo of ops up there anymore.

The 85 deployment was very interesting. The Soviets sortied about a dozen SSNs and SSGNs into the Norweigian Sea and North Atlantic in May along with the usual transitting boomers. It was a major Soviet exercise and we flew our butts off against them. We racked up more constructive kills against those subs than anyone has before or since. IIRC, a Brit Nimrod squadron (203 or 206, can't remember) from Kinloss augmented us. It was a blast watching the Brits in action. Those guys were good!

Chez

[tsimmonds]

It's probably just cruft left over from someone's file manipulations

Leftover cruft? Ugh.

I know a woman who works for Hormel. She's in Spam....

[Treetop64]

Really?! Man, I gotta go there!

...Um

Wait...

Um, there are no trees in Greenland, is there? [:(]

[Terminus]

Aah, you are learning, young Padawan![;)]

[Sonny]

Spam, spam, spam, spam.

SHUT UP!

Bloody vikings!

[Speedysteve]

Hi Chez -

A thought on the 'white runway'. Could it be that they wanted to reflect the sun back to prevent heat building up and melting the snow/ice?

Regards,

Steven

[Terminus]

That actually sounded somewhat cogent. Not feeling yourself today, Speedy?

[Mattremote]

Yeah, that may be it. I know that asphalt runways built up on permafrost are sometimes painted white to reduce thaw penetration and resulting subsidence of the runway surface. That would be true at Thule, but isn't Keflavik built on rock?

[Speedysteve]

Terminus - you're clearly jealous of my broad and detailed knowledge on worldy matters. Get in line scumbag.

[Terminus]

Whatever gets you through the days, Speedmeister...[:D]

[fabertong]

Is it just me, or is that an overtly political avatar is see..............

[Terminus]

No, because it says so on the avatar itself...

[Speedysteve]

Mods seize him!

[Terminus]

Go play some cricket!

[fabertong]

He's a witch.....a WITCH I SAY.........

[Terminus]

Stow it, penguinboy... Go back to fantasizing about your wife's sister...[;)]

[fabertong]

Oh yeah......My wife's sister.......I feel much calmer now......now stop being such a political creature.......

[Rob Brennan UK]

as no one else seems to be brave enough to answer our original qiestion terminus .. hope i can get this down before MI5 come sieze my computer.

OK the REAL reason is all down to a global domination plan by <CENCORED> aimed at <CENCORED> . Now on the face of it there isnt much sense in that small statement, but when you see the underlying trend toward <CENCORED> and <CENCORED> not to mention <CENCORED> it's all as clear as day .. see told you !

alternatively google for " idiotic conspiracy theories " .. there are so many site some MUST be right .. surely [;)]

Glad i was able to clarify this .. god im such a helpful bunny at times [;)]

[Terminus]

Cheers, Rob! I feel much more enlightened now![:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

HEY someone cencored my post .. oh the door bells going .. back later ..