Daveroo
April 4th, 2013, 19:03
i know you all know what Beale AFB is all about ,but there are some interresting little tidbits some may ,or may not know about it.like the PAVE PAWS,phazed array radar system...up unitl one point that single radar was the USA's single west coast missile detection system..there is one now in Alaska,,when passing Beale on highway 65 near Olivehurst,it looks like a huge concrete block sittin on the side of the hill without reason..i was surprised to learn that "Camp Beale" was origianlly an army infantry training base and once encompased 60,000 acres..hte nearby Marysville army airfield was accually a training field for pilots like bud anderson in P-39s.A-36's and P-40s..Beale had an airflied and was a bombing range and firing range at one time..in 1962 they built missile silos at Linclon ( 6 miles from my home),chico and the sutter buttes...id heard about them all my life but it wasnt until i was in the fire department and we responed as mutual aid to the city of linclon for a rescue at the missile site that i got to see it...it was the late 1980s and was Placer County property ,even says that on the wiki page...yet Beale security responded code three from the AFB and wouldnt let any of us near the silo tops..
also they had a german POW camp there at Beale..they talk about other POW camps around northern cal...but didnt mention "Camp Flint" in auburn,which housed german and Italian POWs from the north african campain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAVE_PAWS
84148 84149 84150 this is the PAVE PAWS radar.
anyone know what this is? 84151 84152
also they had a german POW camp there at Beale..they talk about other POW camps around northern cal...but didnt mention "Camp Flint" in auburn,which housed german and Italian POWs from the north african campain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAVE_PAWS
84148 84149 84150 this is the PAVE PAWS radar.
anyone know what this is? 84151 84152