Little Bird – the OH-13
Photo from Ken Stalker. This is of course the brats favorite helecopter.
Read MoreDer Flugplatz at Cooke Barracks
Photo from Ralf Stumpf. If you look in the upper right quadrent of this photo you can see The Glass House. Look carefully and you can see the two stairwells. In the book Jack lives in the right one. Charlie, Sam and Jayla live in the left one. Just down from The Glass House is the cliff and then flugplatz with all the aircraft hangers, and aircraft maintenance facilities. To the far left is the Headquarters 4th Armored Division building.
Read MoreView of the Cooke Barracks Flugplatz
Photo from John Francis From the eyes of a brat there was no more beautiful place on earth than Cooke Barracks.
Read MoreThe Cliff and the Glass House behind the hanger
Photo from Curt Cheese. In my book Brat: Kids of Warriors there is a lot of discussion about the cliff overlooking the Flugplatz. It is difficult to see but behind this hanger is the cliff and behind that the Glass House. From this angle it is difficult to tell that the cliff was three stories high, but it was. I only wish I had better photos of that cliff as it was in the late 1950's.
Read MoreThe Air Traffic Control Tower at the Flugplatz
Photo from Shane Daly. Jack confronted with th airtraffic control towere being operational tells the other brats to quickly get back behing the maintenance hanger before they are spotted. This is the real Air Traffic Control Tower at Cooke Barracks.
Read MoreHelicopter maintenance work being done in a hanger at the Flugplatz
Photo from Ken Stalker. The first day Jack McMasters and Charlie Carron meet, they go exploring down at the Flugplats. Sneaking up to the window of a maintenance hanger and peaking through a window they saw a sceen very much likt this photo.
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I am a military brat—and I say that with great pride.