[FedCom] Re: FW: TACAMO a/c at Homestead

Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:24:40 -0000

TACAMO=Take Charge & Move Out
This is a STRATCOM asset which is flown by the Navy.
Crew usually consists of communications personel which may be from all
branches of the military.

Check out the NCA Monitor link below for more info and types of missions!

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Russell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 6:13 PM
Subject: [FedCom] Re: FW: TACAMO a/c at Homestead

>
>
> Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a TACAMO?
>
>
> As far as rotting buildings on government propery...that seems to be a
common
> thing.  The Naval Shipyard in Philly (much of it now accessible to the
public)
> is full of entire neighborhoods that sit dormant...nobody lives there
anymore.
> It was spooky driving through a deserted housing complex with street
signs,
> swing sets, homes, etc and weeds growing several feet high out of cracks
in the
> street.  All of this and the large off-base neighborhoods (also abandoned)
> would have been great things to give to Philadelphia for decent low income
> housing or just housing in general.
>
>
> PA state government also has plots of land loaded with empty buildings.
> Norristown State Hospital (open campus) has a number of creepy, deserted
> buildings on site...they'd make good b/w photos.
>
> The excuse given by PA is that a lot of the old state hospital buildings
across
> the state are loaded with asbestos and would be cost prohibitive to
remove.  I
> don't know what excuse the feds have.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 8
> > From: "Robert Wyman" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 22:26:06 -0500
> > Subject: [FedCom] FW: TACAMO a/c at Homestead
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> >
> > Was down at a jobsite near Homestead Air Reserve Station (Florida) today
and
> > decided to take a brief drive around the base. For those who don't know,
> > most of the old base is all open now and the public can drive right in.
Not
> > much to see, of course, since Hurricane Andrew's devastation almost 10
years
> > ago. What always amazes me are the number of buildings and support
> > structures that have not been demolished or repaired...they're just
rotting
> > in the sun and have been since August 24th, 1992 (Andrew).
> >
> > One section of the base has been redeveloped as a U.S. Job Corps
residential
> > campus and training center...frequencies in use are unknown, but I saw
some
> > handhelds that looked like VHF-Hi (antennas)...maybe a FedCom'er can
help
> > with that.
> >
> > The southern flight line area is the new & downsized HARS, while Florida
Air
> > National Guard has a building on the extreme northern flight line. No
> > land-mobile radio activity was heard from the USAF or FANG sections
while I
> > was there, but the Tower's (fairly new) simulcast channel of 173.7125
(FM)
> > came up briefly with departure instructions. I drove over to the closest
> > publicly-accessible section near the tower and saw a TACAMO on the far
side
> > of the transient parking area. No activity was around it except for a AF
> > security vehicle parked nearby. Nothing departed while I was there, and
no
> > further activity was heard. I just thought it interesting that a TACAMO
was
> > here.
> >
> > It's probably NOT related, but we did have two big events and several
> > smaller ones in Miami this weekend. The Grand Prix of Miami race was
held in
> > Homestead, and the Genuity Championship golf event was at Doral (NW part
of
> > Miami). I don't know if any CAP flights go up for those kinds of things.
> >
> > Robert Wyman
> > Miami
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
>
>
> =====
> Ben R. - Norristown, PA
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