Comments on: Way Down in Antigua

By: Donald Scooler

Donald Scooler — Sun, 17 May 2026 23:03:18 +0000

If you google. Antigua Air Station it’ll tell anout the US AirStation there for many years that closed in 2015.

By: Donald Scooler

Donald Scooler — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:43:27 +0000

Short answer to your question is " I dunno" My assumption is that people stationed there, either US civilian ( NASA or other space connected contractors) or military ( small number), could bring families for a 2 or three year tour. I never noticed much British presence. Therefore, school teachers and nurses were essential. Their whole job was tracking and supporting space shots. Since our time there was super short , usually 12-15 hours, I didn't get to know a lot. We just enjoyed some rum punch, a nice party with good food and music from steel bands. And then we'd rest up for flight back to the States in the morning You may learn more from google searching than I could tell you from my short visits 60 years ago. It's great that you're reading and commenting on the " old man's" recollections. I'm very much enjoying my partnership with Jim on this effort. Being able to recollect and write clearly about parts of my life is helping me stay " with it". Many of my colleagues are not so lucky. Love ya

By: Kiersten Scooler

Kiersten Scooler — Sun, 17 May 2026 11:27:27 +0000

Sometimes your recollections cause me to do some Google searching of my own. Your comment about the teachers and nurses made me curious. Did the US have a base in Antigua or was it a British facility? Next question: Are British bases “self contained” communities like the American bases Jim and I experienced as kids?