This awesome painting was done by Dave Leubbert and can be seen on our facebook site as well. It can be ordered as a print at http://www.deviantart.com/print/29906327/
Home Movie from Loring Mid 1980's
Be sure to check out our READING ROOM, a library of papers, articles, and books that mention Loring
Note: The following two films are about the defensive missile systems that ringed Loring and it's outlying communities. They were first fitted with conventional warheads, but with the Nike Hercules, they were fitted with nuclear warheads...
27 Jan) - In 1979 a B-29 called "It's Hawg Wild" stayed at Loring for a week on it's way to Duxford Air Museum in England. I remember very clearly going into the hangar where it stayed while they fixed oil leaks so it could ferry the rest of the way. When I was stationed in England in 1988, I had the chance to go to Duxford with a friend, and made it a point to see if "It's Hawg Wild" made it. It did, and below is a picture of it at Loring (the navigator's son is standing in front of it), and later when it was cleaned up and on display at Duxford. Pretty amazing that they flew that old bird over there...How many others remember the occasion? If you do, post a comment and tell us what you remember...you can read all "It's Hawg Wild" HERE.