Guestbook

Note: For privacy reasons, email addresses are not displayed.

Create a new Guestbook entry

Name *

City

Email *

Guestbook entry *

Please enter the 4 character "Anti-spam" code in the box labeled CAPTCHA.
Fields marked with * are required.
Your E-mail address will not be published.
Your entry will be reviewed before it is posted on the website.
We reserve the right to edit, delete, or not publish entries.

1316 entries.

Russ Reston wrote on January 28, 2010 at 2:03 am

Sembach AB - 823rd TMS (1964/66)

Gene, per my understanding, the 586th MMS designation was suspended 25 Sept. 1962 and reinstated 1 July 1964.

So, before 25 Sept. 1962 and after 1 July 1964, you were assigned to the 586th MMS.

From 25 Sept. 1962 until 1 July 1964, you were assigned to the 38th MMS DET 2.

-------------------------------------------------

Spring 1960
38th TAC Missile Wing
. 586th TAC Missile Group
. 586th Missile Maintenance Squadron

25 Sept. 1962 to 1 July 1964
38th TAC Missile Wing
. 38th Missile Maintenance Squadron - Detachment 2

1 July 1964 to 25 Sept. 1966
38th TAC Missile Wing
. 586th Missile Maintenance Squadron

-------------------------------------------------

As you have noted, many 38th TAC Missile Wing Special Orders (e.g., promotion orders) span more than one base. That\'s why you may find names of people that served at Hahn, etc. listed on 38th TMW orders that I have posted on www.SembachMissileers.org.

Regards,
Russ

Gene Henderson wrote on January 27, 2010 at 10:51 pm

I received orders in October 1962 assigning me to the 586th MMS at Hahn Air Base. Sometime during the first part of 1963 we were renamed Detachment 2 38th MMS. I have orders awarding me the Good Conduct Medal issued by the 50th Tact Fighter Wing on 26 July 1963 for personnel assigned to Det 2 38th MMS at Hahn. When I was reading some of the old orders on this web site, I see some names of guys I worked with on promotion orders in 1965 issued by 38th Tac Msl Wing at Sembach and they were listed as being assigned to the 586th MMS. Anybody know why the difference in unit desiganation? What were we ,586th MMS or Det 2 38th MMS?

Jack Davis wrote on January 26, 2010 at 5:15 pm

My bad! I was in the 498th on Kadena AB from Apr\'64 till Oct\'65.

Jack Davis wrote on January 26, 2010 at 5:07 pm

Mace \"B\" birds--Guidance System Checkout (GSC), Lowry AFB, (Denver)Feb-Oct\'63, Orlando AFB Oct\'63-Apr\'64, (both bases are now large housing subdivisions), Kadena AB, Okinawa Apr\'65-Oct\'65, Eglin AFB, FL Oct\'65-Jan\'67.

Ronnie Golden wrote on January 26, 2010 at 5:07 am

Orlando AFB...April 59-Dec 59:
Calibration school

Osan, Korea...Feb 60-Mar 61:
Maint.Shop next to Squadron Hq.

Orlando AFB...Apr 61-Aug 62:
Mace training until discharge in Aug 62.

Damn, we\'re getting old.

William C. Bill Smith wrote on January 14, 2010 at 4:40 pm

Was Guidance Tech from Aug 67 until Aug 69.

Larry Johnston wrote on January 13, 2010 at 2:34 am

Lowery 1963-64
Orlando 1964

Kadena Okinawa 1964-66 - 498TMG 874th TMS
Worked at site 3 on Crew 32 for Capt. Walters as his Flight Controls Mechanic 2 and later at Site 4 for Crew 33 for Lt. Mellick as his Guidance and Launch Mech 1

Holloman New Mexico 1966-67 - Guidance Lab Test Technician for Maj. Kalish

Roger Lemajeur wrote on January 2, 2010 at 4:08 pm

With the 11th Tac Missile Sq., later the 587th Tac Missile Group. I was in the Comm. & Guidance Sq. Sembach June, 1956 until June, 1959.

William H. Smith wrote on December 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm

Was part of the Mace A test launch crew at White Sands.
Took the Mace A to Sembach in 1959 and served on laucnh crew at Enkenback for 2 yeras. (1959-61)
Returned to Orlando and served as a instructor in the missile school. (1961-65)
Then went to Kadena as a Mace B inertial guidance technician. (1965-68)

Dick Beal wrote on November 17, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Trained at Orlando AFB on Matador. Launched last Matadors from Cape Canaveral, overseas orders were cancelled. Became Mace Instructor, Orlando AFB then went permanent party Camp Happiness. Launched about Mace Missles including the one that killed power at the entire Cape. Took discharge 12-1962 went to work for Pan Am, civilian in explosives area. Installed destruct & explosives on last Mace.

Roger Muldoon wrote on October 29, 2009 at 1:43 pm

498th TAC Kadena, Okinawa

Bob Bolton wrote on October 21, 2009 at 1:59 am

Hey Fellow TAC Missileers,
I\'m starting to formulate the next newslatter due out in late December or early January. If you have anything you\'d like to put into the next issue please contact me with your with your ideas or desires.
TAC Missileers Newsletter Editor/Assembler
Bob Bolton
olliesnapper@gmail.com

Don Dysart wrote on September 30, 2009 at 9:55 pm

Denver/Orlando-1962/1963, OKI 1963/1965, Holloman AFB-1965/1966 Was on crew 7, mech2. enjoyed my time and all the guys. Had some good times.

Jim Cagle wrote on September 17, 2009 at 1:07 am

Thanks to Bob and Russ for getting the newsletters onto the site in such a fine readable form! I joined in 2005, just in time for the Nashville reunion, and have the newsletters from that time forward. I find it very interesting to read the older ones from the early days of the organization, especially 2001, when TAC Missileers was becoming the organization we know today.

Bitburg, Mace B guidance, 62-64, MEMS

Richard Mathews wrote on September 16, 2009 at 11:03 pm

Orlando AFB Jan - Jul 61
Kadena Site 2A - Jul 61 - Mar 63

Mail Room - Olderly Room - Cable pulling - and Launch operations, Launch Officer was Capt Sutter (sp)

John M. Gibbs wrote on September 6, 2009 at 3:28 am

Patrick AFB, Florida, 1953-54, 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron (L).
end of B-61 & first of B-61A.
Bitburg AB, Germany, 1954-56, 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron (L),
which became 1st Tactical Missile Squadron. B-61A.
This is my first comm with Tac Missileers.

Tom Elleman wrote on August 30, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Osan 310th TMS 59-60

I have a yearbook if anyone is interested, pictures and names.

James F Harrison wrote on August 19, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Hahn Site 6 & 5 1965 till closing

ERIC \"RIC\" HAASE wrote on August 11, 2009 at 8:37 pm

LOWERY-MAR/1960 MATADOR.BITBURG-AUG/1960 TO AUG/1962 MATADOR-C ASSIGN\'D TO \"C-PAD\" EDENHIEM(sp).MACE GUYS STARTED SHOWING UP AT \"BITBURG\"..NASTY..SOME CAME OVER W/ATTITUDE ..MADE THINGS TOUGH FOR \"MATADOR\" GUYS ...REASSIGN\'D TO HAHN AUG/1962 TO AUG/1963..WHOA,HAHN [WERE] \"ALL\"MACE GUYS..RETRAIN\'D ON \"ATRAN\",SENT TO SITE IV..MEAN TIME, WOUND UP IN A BIG \"FIST FIGHT\" AT NCO-CLUB (welcome to HAHN),AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS ..ALL SMOOTHED OUT...I WASN\'T A \"JEEP\" AND HAD TIME IN GRADE . HAD GREAT TIME OVER ALL , THANKS , RIC HAASE (ret: A/2C)

Cornelius E. Wood wrote on August 2, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Bitburg Sept 55 to Feb 58. Where is the 1st. TMS stuff ? Hello to All.

Russell Bledsoe wrote on August 2, 2009 at 11:07 am

Lowery, Orlando 1962/63; Sembach 1963-66 (Flt. Cont. Mech./
A Flight Maint./ CMR mail room).
Greetings to all former friends at family services and SQ. Dancers from Russell & Lois.
Transfered to Minuteman Mis. at Whiteman AFB, MO and Chanute AFB, IL 1966-72.

Norbert L. Mai wrote on August 2, 2009 at 3:33 am

Hahn, 1965,1966. Last MEMS crew. Worked with Dave Derain, Mark Johnson, Randy Doi and others.

Gary Sand wrote on July 31, 2009 at 2:26 am

Hahn 1961-1963

hello to everyone and I\'m sorry I missed the reunion. I hope I can make it to San Diego in 2011.

Here\'s another organization that some of you might be interested in checking out.

http://oathkeepers.org/oath/

clarence bowers wrote on July 28, 2009 at 9:44 pm

58th TMG Osan Korea, Tainan Taiwan 1958-59

steve glazer wrote on July 28, 2009 at 7:50 pm

hi bob,
been a long time. just wanted to say hello. glad to see you enjoyed the reunion. hope to make the next one

steve glazer