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Article: Limestone center reflects Loring's military heritage Ribbon- cutting held at facility
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- September 18, 2006
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LIMESTONE - Decked out in the flight suit he wore when he was
stationed at Loring Air Force Base, Pete Hurd stood outside the newly
opened Loring Military Heritage Center on Saturday and talked about
the past.
Hurd, now a Houlton resident, flew the last test flight in and out
of Loring before it closed on Sept. 30, 1994. He also was stationed
at the base in 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
"My heart is still at Loring because this is the first place as an
ROTC cadet that I saw the Strategic Air Command in action," he said.
Hurd was one of about 35 people who turned out this weekend to
share memories about the former base and to observe the ribbon-
cutting ceremony for the Loring ...