My Dad was in for 22 years.. I was born at Hahn AFB, Germany. My firsy memory of base life was Ft Clayton, Panama.. then Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota..(1st grade, 1971)Then the Air Force sent Dad to Thailand (1972) for a year,(my first time off base) Mom, my sister and I spent the year in Portland Oregon near the Grand Parents. Next thing I know, we get a telegram telling us we are moving to California..woo hoo(1973-75). Spent two and a half years at Beale AFB (home of the SR-71). Then finally, to Bitburg, Germany for 3 awesome years.( wish my Dad had re-uped for more) but a death in the family brought us home.(1979)The My Dad spent 6 months at McCord AFB in Washington St. before ret.
I tried t get in after High School, but medical stuff kept me out...damn! Anyways, Bitburg will always be in my memory as one of the best times of my life.