ABCs of Geography

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    [blockquote]RevBigJohn said:

    Picatinny Arsenal Dover, Nj

    Dated a girl who worked there back in the 80s

     

    Quanah, Texas

     

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    [blockquote]RexTheRoadDog said:

    [blockquote]RevBigJohn said:

    Picatinny Arsenal Dover, Nj

    Dated a girl who worked there back in the 80s

     

    Quanah, Texas

     

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    Cool!   I wonder if they came up with the Picatinny Rail?

     

    RAF Molesworth, UK

    52°22′46″N 000°24′18″W

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    according to WIKI,,,

    The rail itself dates from work by the A.R.M.S. company in the early 1980s and Otto Repa in standardizing the Weaver design.[citation needed] Specifications for the M16A2E4 rifle and the M4E1 carbine received type classification generic in December 1994.[citation needed] These were the M16A2[3] and the M4[4] modified with new upper receivers where rails replaced hand guards.[verification needed]

    The rail is named after the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, which was tasked in 1992 to develop a standardized mounting system after the U.S. Army was dissatisfied with the contemporary products on the market. 

     

    Seymour Johnson AFB. SC

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    [blockquote]RexTheRoadDog said:

    according to WIKI,,,

    The rail itself dates from work by the A.R.M.S. company in the early 1980s and Otto Repa in standardizing the Weaver design.[citation needed] Specifications for the M16A2E4 rifle and the M4E1 carbine received type classification generic in December 1994.[citation needed] These were the M16A2[3] and the M4[4] modified with new upper receivers where rails replaced hand guards.[verification needed]

    The rail is named after the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, which was tasked in 1992 to develop a standardized mounting system after the U.S. Army was dissatisfied with the contemporary products on the market. 

     

    Seymour Johnson AFB. SC

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    Thank you sir  :-)

     

    Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL

    30°04′43″N 085°34′35″W

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    United States Air Force Academy, CO

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    Vicenza, Italy U.S. Army Garrison

    45° 32′ 32.7″ N11° 34′ 42.62″ E

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    Whitman AFB, MO

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    Xirivella, Valencia Province, Spain

    Elev 89 ft, 39.47 °N, 0.43 °W

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    Yoe, PA

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    Zárate, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

    Elev 29 ft, 34.08 °S, 59.03 °W

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    Altus AFB, OK

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    Brooks City-Base, TX

    29° 20′ 29.97″ N98° 26′ 6.62″ W

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    Camp Shelby, MS

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    Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin, CA

    37° 57′ 27.73″ N121° 17′ 26.81″ W

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    Eglin AFB, FL

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    Fort Knox, Elizabethtown, KY

    37° 55′ 12″ N85° 57′ 36″ W

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    Great Lakes Naval Recruit Base, IL

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    Hurlburt Field, Mary Esther, FL.

    30° 25′ 40″ N86° 41′ 22″ W

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    Incirlik AB, Turkey

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    JMF St. Mawgan, UK

    50° 26′ 5″ N5° 0′ 47″ W

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    Kirtland AFB, NM

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    Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Portugal

    38° 45′ 43″ N27° 5′ 27″ W

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    [blockquote]RevBigJohn said:

    Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Portugal

    38° 45′ 43″ N, 27° 5′ 27″ W

    Landed there once on our return from England. Spent the nigght...

     

    Misawa AB, Japan (always wanted to go there but never had the opportunity)

     

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    [blockquote]RexTheRoadDog said:

    [blockquote]RevBigJohn said:

    Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Portugal

    38° 45′ 43″ N, 27° 5′ 27″ W

    Landed there once on our return from England. Spent the nigght...

     

    Misawa AB, Japan (always wanted to go there but never had the opportunity)

     

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    My father in law was AF crewman stopped in the Azores frequently.

    Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (been here on occasion)

    19° 54′ 0″ N75° 9′ 0″ W

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    Okinawa Marine Base, Japan