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One of dad's "jobs" at the base where I was born was to keep track of every single classified document on base. If it was not in the file cabinet he had to have a log of which person had it in possession. His office was a bank vault like building with an armed guard at the door, and one inside. He had very high clearances even then, and had to to have the documents in his possession or under his control. I was obviously way too young to remember any of that.
One day he was driving home on the typical route past a hangar and he noticed armed guards and a barricade, and a lot of activity in front of a hangar. The guards had dogs, and were very serious. He was wanting to head home but they said it was the old "need to know" area and he had to drive all the away around the base to get home.
A few weeks later he found out it was one of the first U2 flights. This was before Castro took over Cuba. It may have been just some test flights.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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