Keith always complained about the tumbleweed, especially when they had to clean it from the flight line, but this is crazy. According to the Mt Home Air Base News: Hundreds of tumbleweeds clog the entrances of several base housing units behind the base hospital here following two days of sustained heavy winds March 29. The base dealt with sustained winds clocking 40 mph with maximum gusts reaching 56 mph over a 48-hour period. Tumbleweeds packed against some fences across base caused them to collapse under the sustained wind pressure. Keith told us that along the roads it is piled up as high as the bottom of the road signs.
At least he will not have to deal with these in South Carolina. Speaking of which he has been told they will be out processed on Friday the 13th ( somehow it seems fitting) and he will be leaving on the morning of the 14th. If his leave is approved he will stop here before going on to McEntire to meet up with his old F-16's. The last 5 to be assigned to McEntire left this morning so he will not have too much time before he sees them again. They spent all week getting them ready for the flight so hopefully the pilots don't break anything on the way there.
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