NAS Ft. Worth Joint Reserve Base

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DAVE SHOAP  Richmond, Virginia	I also was turned away at the main gate because I had no pass. I was stationed at Carswell AFB in 1970-1971. One of my daughters was born at the hospital on base. We wanted to take a picture of the hospital to give to my daughter, but were told that the hospital is now a womans prison by the MP at the gate and I could not have gone back there anyway. I was an air traffic controller at the base, radar approach control trailer on the runway. 2 squadrons of B-52's were there and flying mostly late at night, returning early AM the next day. We had large C-141's also. General Dynamics, located just across the runway was involved with some of the initial testing of the F-111 A,B,C swing-wing jet aircraft which being innovative at the time, was having quite a few problems that they were trying to work out. We lost one of those aircraft when I was at the base (maybe more than one). The F-111's sure kept us busy controlling them on radar during the day. I was told while there that ending a few years before my arrival, the B-52's at Carswell were part of the USA's strategy to always keep nuclear bombs continuously in the air 24 hours a day. I have no confirmation of this however, just what I was told. The stories of the bomber that went into the lake was mentioned while I was there. The runway glide-slope went right over the lake. They said it was a B-52 but sounds to me like that was wrong reporting by many people based on the information others have given here. Thanks for clarifying this. At the time I was there, all the air traffic controllers were getting orders to Vietnam after training at Carswell. I thought for sure I was headed there, but my orders came through to go to South Korea instead. That's what I remember. Thanks. 07/17/2008 @ 19:47 [ref: 8250]
dwight hedger  , Texas	if you want to get on base than you need to get a visitor pass by the base before you enter on the base 02/06/2008 @ 16:58 [ref: 6746]
Charlie Carlson  Hurst, Texas	I attempted to enter Carswell AFB (being former U.S.A.F. I refer to the base as "Carswell AFB". But the Airpolicemen on duty last week (June 20, 07) would not allow my entry as I was not on a list of sorts.......I wanted to view the latest SAC Memorial (near completed) so how does one find entry onto the base to view the aircraft, etc. ??? 06/26/2007 @ 06:14 [ref: 6016]
Robert Adams  Weatherford, Texas	The KC_97 was not destoyed. It is now a restaurantin Colorado Sprigs, Colo. A monument to Strategic Air Command is also being constructed on Base. www.sacmonument.org 05/24/2007 @ 22:00 [ref: 5936]
John Baker  FORT WORTH, Texas	In reference to the museum, the KC-97 was dismantled and destroyed after sitting on the base for quite some time. The B-52 was dismantled and sent to kelley afb in San Antonio. The TB-58 is now in Galveston at the museum there. The B-36 sat at LockHeed for quite some time and was being restored to set as a display in Fort Worth, but the people with the most power could not get their head out of their rear-ends and we lost the aircraft for good to the Pima Air Museum. The aircraft will be on display there upon completion of the refurbishing. Most of the other aircraft were parted out to other stations with similar displays. In reference to the crash questions, a B-36 did go into the lake and all parts were recovered as well as the crew members, unforunately, some of the crew parrished in the crash. An F-4 Phantom also crashed into the lake and both the Aircraft Commander and WSO were killed. The F-16 refered to in a previous message crashed on the base killing the pilot and a marine officer who was riding in the rear seat. There have been other incidents and accidents on the base or involving aircraft from the base, feel free to write and ask and I will pass the information on to you. 05/12/2006 @ 16:07 [ref: 5000]
Keith Robinson  Fort Worth,, Texas	It was a B-36 that went into Lake Worth and was retrieved. Nothing remains in the water today. 04/14/2006 @ 20:26 [ref: 4965]
Steve Fulmer  , South Carolina	Being a B-36 buff, I did read that a B-36 went into the lake. The bodies and most of the aircraft were removed. I have not heard that the tail remained in place, but maybe so. 06/06/2005 @ 13:11 [ref: 4120]
D. Seigler  , Texas	A B-52 never crashed in the lake. An F-16 did but was recovered. A B-52 was used for fire/crash training but was ...Dismantled. Not in the lake. The only tails you can see in the lake may be the occasional gar. 05/14/2005 @ 09:10 [ref: 4066]
Nicholas Sarden  Dallas, Texas	I'm a 33 year old Cessna 172 pilot in the Dallas Tx. area and i really love the modern day jet fighters(after burner).My dad use to fly the F-4 Phantom and later the F-14 Tomcat(Navy)so,i was wondering if anybody had any information on getting an orientation flight in an F-16,F-18,F-14,F-15 etc.I know that all the important people get offered a ride because it's good for recruiting purposes but,what about regular people like us---we are taxpayers also (they always say that the taxpaxers own the planes so thet should let us get up close and personal with these jets and get a ride in one of them) 03/20/2005 @ 11:53 [ref: 3918]
Chris Smiley  Tulsa, Oklahoma	There did, in fact, used to be a small museum outside the GD/Lockheed factory where the B-36 was located, along with a B-52D and several fighters. Base display aircraft are very sharp. Any body know what happened to the old museum? 02/05/2005 @ 20:41 [ref: 3792]

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