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Tag: Plattsburgh Air Force Base
New Affordable Housing Project in Plattsburgh
Work begins on a new affordable housing project on the former Air Force Base in Plattsburgh for families in need and victims of domestic violence.
People Near Here | Plattsburgh Airforce Base Reunion
Derek Muirden has the story of fighter pilots and their crewmates from the 380th Bombardment Wing who gathered for a reunion to remember their years stationed at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, here in the North Country, during the Cold War.
Turning A Mess Into A Message
When he was young, planes flew over Scott Aubin’s house everyday out of Plattsburgh’s Strategic Air Command base. He later joined the United States Air Force and became a crew chief. A pair of traumatic accidents while he served left Scott with an alcohol problem and increasingly unable to deal with life at home. He…
People Near Here | B-47
On this Memorial Day weekend, a call is going out for volunteers to help restore a historic B-47 Bomber that sits at the entrance to the former Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, that has become a North Country landmark. The B-47 Bomber, and an FB-111 fighter jet were part of the squadrons stationed at the…
People Near Here – Cold War Relics
As you drive north on U.S. Route 9 into the City of Plattsburgh, you are greeted by two landmarks, relics of the Cold War that are on display near the entrance to the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. For 50 years, the base was home to a wide variety of the country’s flying military arsenal…
Plattsburgh’s Military History
Before its new mission flying passengers to sunny destinations, the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base had a history dating back 200 years. We’ll talk with Melissa Peck and Rich Frost, two historians, who have written a new book on some of the MANY chapters in Plattsburgh’s military history. Online you can hear more about the…
Food From the Farm Tasting Event
It has become one of the first signs of spring in the North Country when customers get to meet the local farmers who grow & produce their food at the City Recreation Center on the former Air Force Base in Plattsburgh. Watch Derek Muirden’s People Near Here segment from the annual Food From the Farm…
People Near Here | Valcour Brewing
Work begins on restoring the Old Stone Barracks on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, one of the North Country’s oldest military buildings. New owners are turning the historic landmark into an inn and brewery.
