New AFB in NV?

[AA717driver]

I noticed a new airfield north of Indian Springs AAF in the restricted areas north of Nellis. I forget the identifier but the name of the airport in our database is "Homey" and it's 12,000' long. It has crossing runways (14/32 and 7/25 I believe) but no ILS.

Anyone know what this is? Thanks.TC

 

[prozac]

We could tell you, but then we'd have to kill ya.

 

[CCDiscoB]

Indian Springs is now called Creech AFB. That's what you were looking at. There is nothing North of Creech. (i.e. these are not the droids you're looking for)

Ask any more questions and you'll have visitors in dark suits at your front door.

 

[AA717driver]

CC--Yeah, I see Indian Springs but "Homey" is North or Northeast of Creech. I'll have to get the coordinates next time I fly past.

If this is supposed to be a secret, they should have left it out of Honeywell's database. At least Area 51 doesn't show up on the database--but they might have made the restricted area a little bigger so you don't look right down on it from the airway...TC

 

[CCDiscoB]

I'll look for it next time I'm there. Must be a DOE field, but what do I know, I don't wear a patch.

 

[414Flyer]

I do not think Homey is Creech. What the name "Homey" means is uncertain, but the location in the database is of a certain barely acknowledged operating location in the "box"

KXTA

 

[Deuce130]

I do not think Homey is Creech. What the name "Homey" means is uncertain, but the location in the database is of a certain barely acknowledged operating location in the "box"

KXTA

I think you mean "container." Now drink.

 

[stonewall]

I think you mean "container." Now drink.

I knew you always wanted to be a fighter pilot!

 

[KC-10 Driver]

Box, Box, Box...

And, while I'm at it... Head.

 

[Kikuchiyo]

I have a friend of mine who used to be a tanker pilot at Kadena. He says that the 2 fighter squadrons there weren't allowed to even say the number of the other fighter sqdn, instead always refering to the number 12 (for the 12 FS) as "11 plus 1" if they were in the 44th (I may have the exact unit numbers wrong, but you get the idea I hope). In addition, the tankers would make up their own call signs when doing training AR with them. So if he was refueling fighters from the 44th, his call sign would be "Boxhead 12." When the fighter pilot would try to contact him as "Container-Cranium 11 plus 1", he'd make them say it right or they'd get no gas.