The former Griffiss Air Force Base was an extremely important and active Air Force base that existed during the Cold War years, which safeguarded against the Soviet Union.

Mohawk Glen Golf Course in Rome, New York, was built as a nine-hole course for those assigned to Griffiss Air Force Base, but once the base closed in 1995, a local owner maintained the property.

For more than three decades, a B-52G bomber presided over the entrance to Rome’s Griffiss Air Force Base and later the Griffiss Business and Technology Park — until a tornado sent the plane ...