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.

It's been at the park since the 1990s. "The ‘Mohawk Valley’ B-52 has long stood as a monument to the glorious past of Griffiss Air Force Base and the significance it once held in Oneida County ...

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 ...