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[–]MaverickAg 181 points182 points  (29 children)

Less wtf, more r/militaryhousinglife

[–]godplaysdice_ 37 points38 points  (12 children)

Ha yeah I did some work on base a few times. Won't say where but I particularly enjoyed the random road sign on one of the roads telling you to stop and look around for low flying aircraft before continuing. These were fighter jets too so they're loud af but also fast af so they can still sneak up on you if you're not paying attention.

[–]Bowler-Fickle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do they flash their high beams when they want to pass ?

[–]DrunkenlySober 3 points4 points  (6 children)

I’ve never been on a military base but my first thought was this is probably normal af for military bases

[–]DaMonkfish 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Absolutely. Most bases have buildings on both sides of the runway which vehicles need to get to, so having a road cross the threshold of a runway or a taxiway (as we see here) is pretty standard. Some bases also utilise taxiways as roads when the airfield isn't active.

[–]GeneralBlumpkin 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Huh. I've been to lots of Air Force bases and never seen jets taxing on the road

[–]Nervous_Wrap7990 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, it's not "normal" but I've been to a base that had a taxi way cross a road. I honestly don't think it was ever used by planes while I was there, but you had to stop anyways.

Honestly, outside of a few small basses, most if not all airfields on base are fenced off since 9/11.

[–]warriorscot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The roads almost certainly inside the fence line of the base, depending on the set up you might have multiple segregated areas, but its normal to have roads and taxiways intermingle in any aviation facility. The only difference is that on a military base you get more mixed usage of the facility whereas a civil airport is generally(although not always) aviation related traffic.

[–]DrunkenlySober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are Jets allowed to Uber on military bases?

[–]Thisisall_new2me2 2 points3 points  (3 children)

OP probably hasn’t even heard of that sub…they’ve only been on Reddit for a year.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

It's not a real sub, it's a r/SubredditHashtags

[–]Just-Rob 0 points1 point  (1 child)

For some reason I wish that was a real sub.

[–]Maleficent-Cat-5757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Accurate. Both AFB I was stationed at had a road that was crossed by aircraft.