Thanks for asking! TLDR.
I've read all 1200+ pages of this thread, so I'm going off on a tangent...
I'm an Air Force Brat, born at Bergstrom. My dad was from Pflugerville and was a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force (Shepard, Chanute, Bergstrom x 3, Clark, Holloman, Eglin, Taiwan, Andrews).
I got to see really cool stuff growing up; everything that flew, B-52's rolling off the runway one after the other, sonic booms, 20 mm Vulcan cannon obliterate an old ambulance, C-130 touch-n-go dropping off a cargo, napalm bombing and strafing runs at night, Thunder Birds/Blue Angels every year. At Eglin, the Navy would coat target docks w/ napalm, and tow them to the Gulf for target practice; we used to fish off the target docks, sometime w/ the dried napalm on 'em; good thing we weren't a bunch of fire bugs. Pretty sure he worked on AF-1; he was able to get a "jump" on the weekly shuttle between Andrews & Bergstrom, meet us for lunch, back & forth the same day. I went to school w/ the kids whose dad flew Air Force 1 for LBJ.
Clark Air Base, Philippines - American Day, ~ 1959-60; Notice the ladies in dresses and heels. Armed Forces Days during the 60's was quite the show case of military might. I'm the kid in shorts on the right.
Philipine Air Force, F-86 Sabre
Republic of Korea Air Force, F-86 Sabre
F-84 Thunderjet, not sure what country
USAF F-100 Super Sabre
USAF - F-101 Voodoo
USAF F-102 Delta Dagger
USAF B-47 Stratojet
USAF - TM-76 Mace B
USAF Thunderbirds - F-100 Super Sabre (my favorite). Notice the locals.
USAF Thunderbirds, F-100, high speed chriscrossing on the deck. Kudo's to pop, snapping the pic as they crossed.
House #2 at Clark AB. These were Army barracks during WWII/Korea; we had the whole house.
Our front yard at Eglin AFB ('62-'66) looking at Choctawhatchee Bay 7 miles across the bay from Destin.
Dad was interviewed for the Popular Mechanics article, "Career School for Jet Mechanics" in Feb '52.
Dad highlighted.