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Nice work guys, keep it going. Ken
When u speak of a person be sure to identfy or keep ur mouth shut were u the mech 3 whose job was to insure of the operation I understand it was the connec tion of the Rato Bottle. take care and enjoy this Web site.
Bill Williams-I retrained into Instrumentation in 64. Was awarded Master Missileman Badge in Dec 66. I think that the Master Badge came out in 66.
Would like to find names of Airmen that served with Col. Vetter at Bitburg. I was at B-Pad. 61 and 62..
I was stationed with the 58th Comm & Guidance Sq. at Osan A.B. I worked on the Radios and ground wire links to the Matador launch pads, and the Rader trailers and the Command Center.
Nice to see you guys. Hoping someone can get me an email address for Tom Campbell? I worked in the GEMS shop in Okinawa '65-'66, rotated back to Lowry AFB. Helped in setting up maint. shop for the school.George Mindling and Itransferred to Bitburg together in '68. I was assigned the GSC, what an ego deflater, after working GEMS. Met Tom Campbell, and he sort of followed me around for the next 5 years. I left Bitbug for good in Apr 30, '69, on emergency leave, retrained into Instrumentaion, at the time the only one with a Master Missleman Badge. Retired in '83 as MSgt living in Oregon!
I was staitoioned at Orlando AFB from Nov. 60 to Apr 62. I was an special weapons instructor, A1C. I would have to look up the Sq. number etc, but I do have all orders from that time. I volenterd for operatin Jungle Jim and spent the remaining years of my service, to Feb 66 in the Aircommando's However, some of by best memories of the USAF are of Orlando and the Mace 76 Missle. I was involved in several launchs at the cape. I am interested in your organization. I have a few photos that may be of some intrest if you are interested. Regards Don Cooper
Looking for any armament type. any one know what happened to Capt. Belamy(Jasper the friendly Ghost)?
69th Tactical Tactical Missile Squadron , Patrick Air Base for 2 years and Hahn Air Force Base for 2 years. 1952 TO 1956
Hope to see all you Site 1 'Cable Pullers' in Dayton next July. On a more serious note, please say a prayer tonight for all my Texas brothers and sisters down on the Gulf coast . They're really catching hell.
The Star Spangled Banner is not the way I remember it. Drama does nothing for me.
Do you have information on the 310th TAC Misile in Korea?
I was a mac on capt George Cobb's launch crew and worked at site's 2,3,4. Would love to hear from anyone who was there at that time.
We also used the PSM-6 to check the explosive squib cables on the MNAC(A/C)Hoses on the MACE 'B' at Camp Happiness prior to live launch.
My email was corrupted so please note the revised one. I was stationed at Orlando(twice), Camp Happiness, Taiwan and Okinawa. I'd like to hear from some of the old guys that are still around. If any o fyou know Geprge Mindling, tell him about the email change. Charlie Smoote Pensacola Florida
Just a hiya to let you all know I'm still kicking. Anyone from OL 8 or OL 18 Ilmspan, Germany send me an email. Was at Bitburg Maint. from 1959 to 1961 (see picture in Missileer Magazine)
Anybody remember the PSM-6 that caused the stuck launch door at Site VII? Somebody placed a Pissem 6 on the hydraulic piston under the switch activation arm, when the door got about a third of the way up, the door jammed. I was the guy from F/C dispatched to figure out the problem...
Posts about the PSM-6 stenciled for the launch crew, reminded me of one time we used it. It was a cold, rainy night, and we were sitting at the table playing cards and waiting for WWIII, when someone checked the Launch Control Panel and noticed a red light illuminated. Panic time! It said 'Booster Bottle Armed' on missile #5. Not good...not good at all!! Sounds like a job for the weapons guy!...but wait, that's a sterile area!...two people have to go. Being low dogs on the totem pole, the #2 Mechanic and I, grabbed the T.O., the 'Possum-6', and ran out to the J-box to check if the bottle was really armed. No nylon parkas allowed near a potentially armed bottle, it's 35F, and it's pouring rain. We were soaked to the skin before we even reached the bird, but it wasn't the cold that was making me shiver. It was the idea that it was possible we were going to dump a missile into a field a couple of miles away, and the realization that the two of us would never see it happen. I was puckered pretty tight...fully expecting the bottle to fire, and turn us into a couple of crispy critters, but fortunately everything checked out okay...the bottle wasn't armed...it was a stray signal, caused by water inside a cable. We had to drop a target to make repairs, but that sure beat what might have happened. So, yes, launch did use that meter now and then.
Change of e-mail notice, new address raywms@hughs.net... Hope to see u all in DAYTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just fiund this site and located several names that bring back memories. Ray Asik, Sam Ruvulo, and George Sherman. And I'm sure there must be more here.
For Charles Herring, Sorry to hear you will not be able to attend the reunion.. If my memory serves me correctly we had two Types of 'Count-Downs' a Long count (I think 30 Min. and a short count !5 Min.) The long count was to simulate a replacement of the BIRD and preparing it to launch right after previously fireing one off (the 30 Min.version) and would have been the one that required the use of the AN/PMM 6 meter on the RATO connection as well as possble other proceedures. We used to practice this quit extensively. The 'SHORT' count (15 min.) was when the Bird was already sitting on EWO status and ready to go, usually after one of the Long counts had been completed. The Matador (In Taiwan) actually was not moved around to different areas as well, just in the Launch Pad areas and of course the Launcher was usually not mobilized, but could have been and the Missile mover was termed Transport vehicle . The only time I expreienced Mobilizing them was when we all went to Quam for an excercise (I do not recall the name of the excercise now) getting old and my memory is not what it once was. Well enough of this Rambling on, so will converse again later Hope you are enjoying living in germany, Sounds exciteing to me. We live in Florida...
For Roger E. St. Germain... Unfortunately, I won't be attending the Dayton reunion. As I live in Germany, I have to pay for the flight tickets in the EURO currency which makes the cost of a flight too high for me at present. Maybe one day we can meet.... The MACE was designed to be mobile but it was not mobile deployed. There were attempts to move the system through the German villages and the narrow roads but it proved to be too much of a hassle so they were placed on the sites in a static alert configuration. In 1961, there were very few Autobahns and the normal roads were very narrow. The streets in the towns were equally narrow. The TerraCruiser towing a missle would not fit through the streets. Thanks for your reply...Chuck Herring
This is for Charles Herring, Thanks for the information I really appreciate it, I was not aware that the 'MACE' was not Mobile or at least not deployed as mobile. Would like to meet you, are you going to the Re- union in Dayton next year Roger St.Germain