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Thanks everybody (special thanks to thrash) for your assistance and advice.
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07-24-2013, 07:27 AM | #12 |
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Please keep in mind that many military air bases have both shelters and han-
gars, with the hardened shelters used to protect the aircraft from attacks and the hangars used for technical services. In the fighter-bomber unit I served with the aircraft usually operated from the shelters unless they had to be maintained or repaired in the hangars. |
07-24-2013, 09:12 AM | #13 | |
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My impression is that the shelters are beefier, but simpler and cheaper and more common. If a plane is in a hanger, it's there for some other reasons besides mere storage, e.g. maintenance, either just prior to and just after flight.
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I can only answer that based on my experience with a fighter-bomber unit of the German air force, it may be different elsewhere.
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than the aircraft itself. Here is a typical picture: http://www.creativecrash.com/system/...jpg?1251149976 The hangars were much bigger, in fact big enough to be used for all kinds of ceremonies and celebrations for hundreds of people. Quote:
number of shelters on an air base depends on the type and size of the unit stationed there, in our case there were 12 active aircraft and a few reserve aircraft. Quote:
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The two are really only 3-4 miles apart, so it's possible they kept the CIA spooks in Badaber for isolation, and drove Powers out to the runway, keeping the U-2 in a hangar there. The U-2 needs a minimum 6000-foot runway. Peshawar is 8900. And from the Google Maps scale,there's no way you could cram a 6000-foot runway anywhere in the Badaber walls. It's only about 2000 feet across the long way. Maybe if the airstrip were Inqilaab Road -- but you still would have needed a road to the camp. So I'm going with a presumed military hangar at Peshawar and Powers in Badaber to preserve the mentions of that place being relevant. This might be useful for your game -- the plane is separate from the pilot, in case your target was really one or the other. You'll have Pakistani military security at one, not just CIA goons. Or your PCs could intercept Powers' vehicle on the way, which might be easier than getting access to him at either end (if that's a goal). |
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07-24-2013, 11:43 AM | #16 |
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Keflavķk Airport is the primary airport for military flights here. The USAF used to use it for the planes they based here.
Hangars 780, 831, and 832 are around where I'd guess the US had most of it's stuff when they were here. Due west of the above mentioned hangars you can see shelters as have been mentioned. They used to house the F-15s that were here. If you go slightly south and east you can see other bunkers that were used, I suspect for munitions. |
07-27-2013, 11:02 PM | #17 |
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Thank you everybody for your wise and informed counsel. The adventure just wrapped up and because of y'all, I was able to GM with confidence.
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07-28-2013, 06:31 AM | #18 |
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Happy to help. I trust everyone had fun...?
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