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Prior months' guestbooks: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2012 09/30/2012 00:00:00 Name: Robert L Wilmoth Was with Hq NEAC and Hq 64 AD at Pepperell from 1956 to 1960. Helped move Hq 64 AD to Stewart AFB, NY in 1960. One child born at PAFB hospital in 1958 09/28/2012 00:00:00 Name: Melvin L. Brauer I was with the first group of Airmen to serve at the 09/28/2012 00:00:00 Name: Melvin L. Brauer I was with the first group of Airmen to serve at the 09/26/2012 00:00:00 Name: Marty Martin Was stationed at Saitozaki, 610 ACW, 772nd At Cartwright, Cape Charles, VA, etc. 09/26/2012 00:00:00 Name: Mahlon Marin Anyone out there ever stationed at Padloping Island, NWT, Canadian Arctic? Was there in 52-53 as Radio Operator. 09/25/2012 00:00:00 Name: richard a kayholm i was stationed at 796 ac&w sq.in Bartlesville,ok between 1956 to 1960would like to contact anyone that was there at the same time richard a kayholm 09/24/2012 00:00:00 Name: David Latoni,M.D.,Capt.,USAF,55-59 I SERVED AT SITE Y-11,Rabat,Morocco 56-58 ,an air defense unit I enjoyed my tour 09/23/2012 00:00:00 Name: Tom Page News Item: 09/23/2012 00:00:00 Name: Tom Page News Item re the BMD radar upgrade at Clear AFS, AK: 09/21/2012 00:00:00 Name: Gene Today, the Air Force Radar Museum Association's priceless Cold War artifact, a circa 1956 Bendix FPS-18 Radar Antenna, will make its final journey - from storage in the former Eastgate Mall in Indianapolis to the Radar Museum's tower in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Godspeed! (repost of Rich Banta's post) 09/21/2012 00:00:00 Name: EZRA C RACHAL Stationed @ Blaine AFS 1952 09/19/2012 00:00:00 Name: Ron Larson It seems 65 years ago the change had to be made after "nothing can stop" from "the Army Air Corp" to "the Fighting Air Force". Still though in Basic at Sampson in 1951 got issued Army clothes. Got issued an OD Ike jacket with 1pr OD trousers and a blue blouse with 1 pair blue trousers. Of course dyeing brown shoes to black was a lot of fun too. We had to buy our own blue hats and accessories but at $75 a month of course we had money to burn. 09/19/2012 00:00:00 Name: Frank Toledoo Was station there 72-75 09/19/2012 00:00:00 Name: Steve Weatherly The last time I was involved with the FPS-18 was getting six of them to Korea. This time it's just an antenna and we don't have to go across an ocean. Let's get this done! 09/18/2012 00:00:00 Name: Stan Grote I was sta. at 785th ac@w sqd. finley N.Dak. from 1957 to 1958 teletype mech. 09/18/2012 00:00:00 Name: ron monst happy birthday USAF 09/18/2012 00:00:00 Name: Tom Page Re John Tianen's account (below) of the recent 656th Radar Squadron reunion -- 09/17/2012 00:00:00 Name: John Tianen Mystery Solved... 09/17/2012 00:00:00 Name: Tom Page Thank you for the update, John. Much appreciated. It's always good to get first-hand confirmations from veterans who were there. 09/17/2012 00:00:00 Name: John Tianen The recent 656th Radar Squadron reunion was a resounding success. Over 100 vets and their spouses attended. Poor health and family emergencies caused several last-minute cancellations. We're all getting old... 09/16/2012 00:00:00 Name: Frank slaughter Just a note if it applys to the service member station at Middleton island Alaska . 09/14/2012 00:00:00 Name: Raymond Wilson Topsham fire dept. 1966 to 1969 09/13/2012 00:00:00 Name: Tom Page Interesting on-line tool: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ 09/13/2012 00:00:00 Name: stan wisniewski served at empire 58 59 fordland mo 59 60 09/13/2012 00:00:00 Name: eddie carter i was station there in 1973 09/12/2012 00:00:00 Name: Jim Stafford I worked on the FST2 at Othello Air Force Station in WA. Was there from 1960 to 1962. 09/09/2012 00:00:00 Name: A/3C JOSEPH T.HOWZE I LEFT THIS NOTE YEARS AGO WITH YOU....LEFT THE 825TH AC&W SQ, MT. LOLO, KAMLOOPS CANADA,FOR THE 848TH AC&W SQ. CLARK AFB PI,WOW WHAT A RIDE FOR A YEAR AND 1/2 LILY HILL RADAR. WHERE DID THE THE 848TH AC&W GO NEXT??? ANY ONE KNOW?? USE MY E-MAIL. MY YEAR WAS 1958 TO 1960, ALSO PLAYED FOOTBAL USAF Vs. US ARMY IN THE BAMBOO BOWL.ALL OUR GUYS WERE FROM THE 848TH. AC&W SQ.THE 405TH FIGHTER WING AIR POLICE SQ. SEE MY FACEBOOK FOOTBALL PICTURES OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM UNDER MY NAME JOSEPH T. HOWZE MY FOOTBALL NUMBER IS 35, LINEMEN USED WHAT EVER NUMBER WE COULD GET OUR HANDS ON. 35 WAS GOOD FOR ME SEE THE TEAM PHOTOGRAPH.OH BY THE WAY I MADE THE TEAM AT 15 YEARS OLD.4 YEARS IN THE USAF ALL HONORABLE. USED MY FOOTBALL BACK GROUND TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO ALAN HANCOCK COLLEGE SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA, MY FOOTBALL HEAD COACH WAS NONE OTHER THEN COACH,NOW A DOCTOR, JOHN MADDEN OF THE SOON TO BE THE OAKLAND RAIDERS HEAD COACH MAKING HIM THE YOUNGEST COACH IN THE NFL. WOW WHAT A RIDE. MORE AT ANOTHER TIME. I'M 70 YEARS OLD NOW,AND DR. JOHN MADDEN IS 75 YEARS OLD BY NOW. OH WOW I STILL NEED TO GET THAT $5.00 BACK TO HIM. I NEEDED TO GET FOOD OVER THE WEEK END, THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA WAS NOT OPEN SAT. AND SUNDAY AT ALEN HANCOCK COLLEGE, I THINK ALL THE JC COLLEGE'S WERE LIKE THAT BACK IN THE DAY. GO TO FACEBOOK.COM JOSEPH T. HOWZE CHECK IT OUT. 09/08/2012 00:00:00 Name: George Gebus Served at 923 AC&W from 1962 through 1963 09/07/2012 00:00:00 Name: Stan Duro TAPS for Tommie Tindell Othello, WA 09/01/2012 00:00:00 Name: Ronald H Tester I was stationed at Indian Mountain,Utopia Creek from Feburary 1968 to March 1969. I was assigned to the 708 AC&W Radar site at top camp. I was A1C(SGT)in charge of the height finder radars, and displays. I live in Lexington,KY and I am in Alaska at the moment visiting Family who where sationed at Elmendorf AFB and still live here after they retired. |