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Dow AFB, ME, Armed Forces Day 1965​
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![Full Flight Line](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_43cc7726dcc34c0bad4491852586b94a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_43cc7726dcc34c0bad4491852586b94a~mv2.jpg)
A long row of KC-135s populate the Dow ramp. Nearest the camera is KC-135A, serial 63-8879.
![Dow Flight Line](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_df00c4e0cacf4a729be65922361999a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_df00c4e0cacf4a729be65922361999a9~mv2.jpg)
A long row of KC-135s populate the Dow ramp. Nearest the camera is KC-135A, serial 63-8879.
![Cocked and Ready](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_48b05afbc95f4fc2895c48ac89b1cd2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_48b05afbc95f4fc2895c48ac89b1cd2e~mv2.jpg)
The alert ramp with B-52s ready to fly.
![Base Ops](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_980539e244a14cd28f2f8419765569b3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_980539e244a14cd28f2f8419765569b3~mv2.jpg)
Dow AFB Base Operations building as viewed from the flight line.
![City of Brewer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_e34da673e78d44a89bb33c4856406aa5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_e34da673e78d44a89bb33c4856406aa5~mv2.jpg)
KC-135A, serial 63-8043, "City of Brewer". A few years later, as Dow closed, she would be the last KC-135 to takeoff from that base.
![Stratotanker on Static Display](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_8b4856c13a654f8b9caf4c421cab8628~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_8b4856c13a654f8b9caf4c421cab8628~mv2.jpg)
KC-135A, serial 63-8043, "City of Brewer". A few years later, as Dow closed, she would be the last KC-135 to takeoff from that base.
![Quail and Hound Dog](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_aca073351fc84224876f889b8d19a05a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_aca073351fc84224876f889b8d19a05a~mv2.jpg)
Displayed in a hangar, and under the watchful eye of an Airman, are AGM-28 Hound Dog, serial 60-2229, as well as ADM-20 Quail.
![G-Model BUFF](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_fe246d4cc5be4839a10fd8b96ccba842~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_fe246d4cc5be4839a10fd8b96ccba842~mv2.jpg)
B-52G, serial 59-2579, "City of Bangor". A few years later, as Dow closed, she would be the last B-52 to takeoff from that base. Note the Hound Dogg missiles mounted beneath the wings.
![Buff and Hound Dog](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492ac6_4bf5462da38a4f13bfe460127111294f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_105,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/492ac6_4bf5462da38a4f13bfe460127111294f~mv2.jpg)
B-52G, serial 59-2579, with an AGM-28 Hound Dog tucked beneath the left wing.