Anyone else like looking at military bases with google earth?

[Viking 0]

the last couple night i'v been looking at Airforce bases to what i can see. last night i was looking at edwards and spoted the F-22 Raptor Hangers with several of the jets outside. Also an all white B-52 used for those test drops that NASA does. Not far away from that was a pair of SR-71 Blackbirds!! *droooooool*

This is just with crappy googleearth stuff i wonder what you can pick out with current SpySat images!!!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[NlghtJumper 0]

There are a lot of soldiers upset with that being up. But I dont mind so much. I looked at my base that I am deployed to and not only were the pictures like 3 years old... but also I took out my GPS and found the coords are off. Not that the enemy would ever use it... but still

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[Viking 0]

Ya i remember when it first came out there was a spot on the news and troops in iraq were using it to look at there own barracks.

How far off were your gps readings?

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[ccowden 0]

I was checking out Ft. Benning and could zoom in on the Ranger Battalion where I was stationed and the Airborne School barracks and jump towers. Pretty cool!

[skydiver30960 0]

How about Area 51?

Elvisio "aliens ate my baby" rodriguez

[Viking 0]

here ya go.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1902172;search_string=groom%20lake;#1902172

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

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the last couple night i'v been looking at Airforce bases to what i can see. last night i was looking at edwards and spoted the F-22 Raptor Hangers with several of the jets outside. Also an all white B-52 used for those test drops that NASA does. Not far away from that was a pair of SR-71 Blackbirds!! *droooooool*

This is just with crappy googleearth stuff i wonder what you can pick out with current SpySat images!!!!

I looked at Whitmore (sp?) where the B-2s are stationed a while back... you could only see the individual "carport" type hangars there, no planes exposed... but there were a lot of those single plane hangars... I wondered which had planes, which didn't... smart to keep it all hidden. It reminds me of Beale AFB when they used to have all the SR-71s there, they'd keep some individual hangar doors closed w/ planes in, some open w/ planes in, some open while empty, etc. so that it kept everyone guessing as to just how many SRs there were.

you can also look at the skunkworks and phantom works facilities in Palmdale and see some interesting things... I love it.

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the last couple night i'v been looking at Airforce bases to what i can see. last night i was looking at edwards and spoted the F-22 Raptor Hangers with several of the jets outside. Also an all white B-52 used for those test drops that NASA does. Not far away from that was a pair of SR-71 Blackbirds!! *droooooool*

Remember to enable 'Google Earth Community' under the Layers menu on the left. Then everything that other people has seen pops up. All the Blackbirds in the world has been mapped, for example :)

-Antwelm

[Viking 0]

oh fucking cool thanx bro!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[1969912 0]

I wonder if there is a satellite shot that shows a wingsuit BASE pilot in flight in Norway or Italy, anywhere else? That would be amazing luck.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
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I wonder if there is a satellite shot that shows a wingsuit BASE pilot in flight in Norway or Italy, anywhere else? That would be amazing luck.

Right. 'Amazing' might be an understatement. Check out this post though.

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http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/242532/an/0/page/1#242532

there fixed it for ya.

edited to add that those dots could be anything

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[piisfish 140]

Most of our military bases do not exist on maps. Don't know if they exist on google earth.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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I wonder if there is a satellite shot that shows a wingsuit BASE pilot in flight in Norway or Italy, anywhere else? That would be amazing luck.

Right. 'Amazing' might be an understatement. Check out this post though.

Thanks. Can't run Google Earth with my weenie old pc.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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Most of our military bases do not exist on maps. Don't know if they exist on google earth.

really? they do.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[piisfish 140]

AND PAYERNE ??
Biere
Thun

and most of the interesting things are still under the mountains ;o)

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[akarunway 1]

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http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/242532/an/0/page/1#242532

edited to add that those dots could be anything

True :) But, if you measure them, the results do fit..