Wow Kiki, this internet makes it a small world. I was about 23 years old when I was at Torrejon and it was a three year tour. I was an enlisted man as a weather equipment repairman. We maintained all the electronic weather monitoring equipment for wind, cloud height, visibility, temperature and humidity. The weather baloon equipment was ours also. Our shop was on the flight line when I got there, and later moved next to the parachute shop. I don't remember the oasis shop. Is that the restaurant near the control tower? It's been a long time. The pictures you said you might take would be interesting. I looked on google for a sattelite view just to see if the base is there, and indeed it is. I enjoyed my stay in Spain but did miss home after a while. Madrid is a fascinating city. When I was in my 20's, unfortunately I occupied my time doing things young men tend to do if you know what I mean. Today, if I visited Madrid, I would have more grown up priorities. LOL