The positioning of the hangers and the security parameter suggest that these are “alert birds”, fully armed fighters manned by crews 24/7 ready to launch in very short periods of time. Most fighter bases here and overseas have a few of these. In the United States, they are often Air National Guard, rather than regular Active Duty Air Force.
T-38 Talon / F-5 is my bet. See the small intakes on the sides (F-16 has a single large intake under the belly)? Looks a lot like a 2 seat T-38 Air Force trainer.
The fire truck is called a P-19, it's built on the standard Oshkosh truck frame seen in a lot of Army rolling stock. It was state-of-the-art airport fire truck technology in 1985.
You'll notice two runways, one is very much shorter than the other. There is some question as to if the pilot used the wrong, shorter runway by mistake.
There seems to be a great absence of buildings, and even evidence that there ever where a larger number of buildings, like barracks and other support structures. Wonder why...
Are there other sources for info on what might be at those locations? Antennas of some kind for sure, but Spain? Or maybe that’s where the CIA is now keeping those terrorists that are undergoing “rendition”….
As to the buildings, there appear to be three burial mounds in front of them (the traditional way Koreans are buried, you'll find them all over the countryside). Perhaps there was a fire that resulted in fatalities? Or perhaps someone in that house pissed off "The Great Leader" Kim Jong-il, and he had them murdered and their house burned down...
Could be drones, on the other hand, the North Koreans are famous for infiltrating operatives into the South. Perhaps they are cude single passenger spy planes?
Huh. Interesting web site. I don't know. Maybe the glaciers cut left and right, leaving a high spot.
I do know this: Much of the North American landscape was formed by glacial action. Also, I've never heard of there being an impact crater there, and I would think it would be a noteable thing. But now I'm interested. I'll look into it...
Actually, after looking at Kjfitz last comment, I take it back; it's got to be painted on the ground. Must be for the benefit of space imaging, maybe satellite imaging tests…
I still think it's an overlay. Why? The lines, if painted are about 80 feet wide. But look at some of the jogs, the edges are exactly parallel without exception. So what did they do, use an 80 foot wide wheeled machine of some sort? The types of jogs would not, I think, have been allowed if it where surveyed out. It’s like running a compass and accidentally shaking your hand, both drawing points reflect the little jog.
There has been a lot of speculation about specialized torpedoe testing at this location, and there is a level of security there which exceeds that of other local installations. Spend too much time parked near the fence, and within 5 or 10 minutes, a Humve will cruise by slowly...
Been there, it's a neat experience for a Westerner. Interestingly, there are still actually many Korean villages almost just like this. Time marches slowly in rural Asia when it comes to tradition.
Doesn't look like what is left of the surounding farm land has been used for that in some time, and there is no evidence of any aircraft support / maint. equip / hangar either.
For those wondering "what is this", it's not a creature from the Original Star Trek, it's a huge sculpture / maze by Jean Dubuffet.
Jean Dubuffet remains one of the paragons of modern French art. The Closerie Falbala, the giant sculpture in Périgny-sur-Yerres, is undoubtedly the place where you get the fullest appreciation of his talent. An extraordinary windowless structure, the Closerie Falbala contains another Dubuffet work, the Cabinet logologique. The entire site is listed...
Well, it's in Africa, not some zoo... Stands to reason such things happen in wildlife. The pics in question are not sats, really, they are part of National Geographic's areophotography superimposed on some low resolution sats. Maybe NG got word of a dead hippo, and decided to fly over and take a pic...
While there does seem to some traffic at that point that *might* be a convoy, when you zoom way in with Google Earth, the circled thingy looks kind of like a tree growing up between the two ramps...
I guess it *might* be an IED attack, though I'd like some supporting documentation. Thing is, I don't see much evidence of convoy traffic. Could just be a car fire.
Same airframe as the T-38 Talon, which is the Air Forces' jet trainer. All Air Force pilots train in the T-38 prior to training in their primary aircraft, even rotor and heavy lift pilots.
The cluster of hangers to the SE of the jet, the ones with the tail-like extensions, are called "Hush Houses". Inside are frames where they bolt engines, and test them by running the up to speed. The "tails" are the exhaust ports. You will see these at most Air Force bases.
The earthen burms that protect small buildings from what ever is taking place at the center of that circle implies maybe dome explosives work goes on there.
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http://www.foxnews.com/images/220434/32_25_082706_kentucky_crash.jpg
shows the site to be in the area of Lat 38.039685, Lon -84.611413. Substantually closer than the 1/2 mile that I've seen in the press.
http://www.craigmagnuson.com/crescent.htm
Several years back, some divers found a car at the bottom of the lake that had vanished in the 1930's.
The lodge at the lake is very nice, though a bit spendy.
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter6.html
is a land-based picture of these ships.
As to the buildings, there appear to be three burial mounds in front of them (the traditional way Koreans are buried, you'll find them all over the countryside). Perhaps there was a fire that resulted in fatalities? Or perhaps someone in that house pissed off "The Great Leader" Kim Jong-il, and he had them murdered and their house burned down...
I do know this: Much of the North American landscape was formed by glacial action. Also, I've never heard of there being an impact crater there, and I would think it would be a noteable thing. But now I'm interested. I'll look into it...
Jean Dubuffet remains one of the paragons of modern French art. The Closerie Falbala, the giant sculpture in Périgny-sur-Yerres, is undoubtedly the place where you get the fullest appreciation of his talent. An extraordinary windowless structure, the Closerie Falbala contains another Dubuffet work, the Cabinet logologique. The entire site is listed...
Pretty useless for a site that is mostly in English.
http://googleglobetrotting.com/info.php/mid/13574
The additional Info Link talks about the Sturgis a bit.
However, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/lowry.htm suggests that this former Titan missile site is no longer owned by the Air Force.