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Served as a MSQ-1A Radar Matador Guidance technician/oprator, 1959-60, Tainan, Taiwan; also served at the Mountain Guidance Site (between Tainan and Kao Shung); and the Penghu Island site, near Makung City, in the Pescadores Islands. I would like to see some more pictures from Taiwan!
Hound Dog at Beale to Mace back to Hound Dog at Loring to recruiting to retirement in 72. Crew 40 Site 4 to NCOIC Procedures (edited 498TMGM 55-1)
I've managed to 'misplace' the last 'Missileer' I was sent. Would like to join the group! Let's try it one more time !
Mace Missile program 64-66 at Bitburg AFB, Germany. Power Producrion at missile site. Prior assignment was SAC at Vandenberg AFB, California. we provided all of tghe p;owewr to the missile sites as well as water for flameme buckets at active launch sites.
A question for the first Matador guys of the 310th at Osan in 1958: Which unit were you in at Orlando? The 24th? The 310th was an F-86 squadron when the 58th Fighter Wing was reduced to Group status and renamed the 58th Tactical Missile Group in 1958 and converted the 310th TFS to the 310 TMS, so the 310th obviously wasn't at Orlando. Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks, George
Updating information only. Hope all goes well for us to attend the reunion in Ohio next year. CMSgt retired
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Heard from unofficial sources that two members of my launch crew had passed away. Ronnie M. Hayes and John W. Spencer. Wonder if anyone could confirm this.
I was at Kadena afb, 1962 and 63 in the 498th tmg. Ran test monitors to the launch control rooms.Did not like there black top roads when it rained, ended up rolling over a metro van with two test monitors in it and had to pay for the damage to the van. Okinawan labor 28 cents a hour. But as a Airman 2nd class that was a lot of money. Did make it to the tucson reunion last year and that was great.
Just found this site and one of the first things I noticed is a schduled reunion in Dayton, OH for 2009. Just when will this be held? Would like to schedule a visit to my daughter about the same time.
Just a short note from your Membership Director/Treasurer. Quarterly newsletter, spring addition, will go out in the mail 4/21/08. If you are current on your due's, you of course should receive yours. Please contact me if you don't receive one and you think you are current on your due's. For those that have not received a newsletter in the past year or so, this is probably due to your due's not being current. We the staff of course, would like everyone to receive the newsletters, as they are, after all, all about our members and their memories and experiances, of that 'other' life, that we all enjoyed so much. Well, most of us, anyway. Looking forward to hearing from all of you. Max
Was on duty the night Kennedy was shot. don't think i'll ever forget that!!!
Looking to hear from any one who served during that time. Was on crew that consisted of Capt. Don Lehr, NCOIC Edwards,Rich Miller, Red Ryan, Ron Polsun, Raymond (Willie-san) Williams.
Missile school, Lowery 1959. Matador launch training. Orlando 1960. Mace maintenance, Sembach 1961-1963.
Hello everyone. Max Butler here, your Membership Director/Treasurer. Just a note to ask everyone that is even thinking about attending the Dayton, Oh. reunion to let me know as early as possible. I have started an attendee's list, and have at this point 110 signed up. This will of course help us in the planning stages. I fully expect 300+ in attendance, from all the interest that has been generated regarding the reunion. I have had a couple of members ask if it would be okay for other family members to attend, such as grandchildren, for the Air Show and Air Museum segments. This of course is a big YES. Of course there will be a cost attached to this, which will be worked out by this summer. But my,my, what an opportunity for a grandchild. Next newsletter will be out in about 2-3 weeks with some reunion info and other interesting articles, published by our own very capable Editor, Bob Bolton. BY the way, he is always looking for input from you guys, so if you have something that would be of interest to the rest of us, by all means, get in contact with him. It doesn't even have to be entirely true, just interesting. Of course, after all these years, we may not remember axactly, how something happened, me included, of course. One other little thing. If you haven't kept your due's current, please send them in as it sure helps in the publishing and mailing of the newsletters. Hope to see you all at the reunion July 2009.
OK. last chance. Bob Bolton and I are wrapping up 9 months of intense research (mostly Bob!) on our book, the US Air Force Tactical Missiles
I should have said the 71st was originally the 1st PBS when it was first attached to the 36th, then renumbered the 71st after it went to the 701st TMW, then later the 38th TMW. The 36th TFW was supposed to be renamed to 36th Tactical Wing after it absorbed the 71st in 1965, but the name change never happened. Still, it was all USAFE, assigned to the 4th ATAF, NATO. George
You are absolutely right! That was the third time the 71st was attached to the 36th, although the first time it was the 36th Fighter Day Wing, and later the 36th Fighter Bomber Wing. The 1st time was it was part of the 12th AF, the 2nd time as part of the 17th AF. I got my Master Missileman Badge (as a S/Sgt) from the 36th TFW also, in 1969. George
George, I am not sure what you said but all I remember is: the 71st TACTICAL MISSILE SQUADRON was assigned to the 36th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING at Bitburg. I know that I was awarded the missile badge as I have a copy of all my records from the USAF Archives. I served proudly on the Mace B and wore my missile badge with pride, especially when I was assigned to the 3097th ADS at Stonybrooke, Westover AFB, Springfield MA. Many Nuc Weapons Technicians looked at the missile badge with envy as I was the only one at the Depot Squadron that wore one and I only had 3 years in the Air Force, and we had 6 crews that worked in igloos on the nucs for the B-52's.
I was an A/1C control systems mechanic stationed in Formosa with Launch Team 'B' during the bombing of Quemoy.At Orlando, I belonged to the 17TMS and the 24TMS. I would love to see the Formosa team members at the reunion in Dayton. Remember our favorite line to the oncoming launch team - 'If you can't hack it give us a call.' I was the guy during alerts who would take a bird from missile maintenance fully assembled and pull it down the flight line to the launch pad so we could get the 3 birds done and back to town. Hope to hear from or see some of you.Ater all they were the good old days.