No way! My brother did the same thing! He was stationed at K.I. Sawyer in the 70's. Drove up to Marquette in '75? to visit. The running joke was "We could sell the U.P. to the Russians and they still wouldn't be any closer to the Mainland U.S."
My brother was at Kincheloe in the U.P. in 75 or 76. Is that the same as K.I. Sawyer? Graduated in 74 then nav school then B52 bomb school then Kincheloe. Then was reassigned to Elisworth a few years later. Didn't like being in the windowless hole bouncing around low level for hours on end so he got out in 80 I think. I wonder if they knew each other.