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Entry: 83053 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	40TH FIS PILOT 1958/62
WILLIAM (BILL) BAGWELL wrote on May 19, 2012 City and State: LITTLETON CO Unit: NOW RETIRED (5/19/12 Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: Assigned Oct 15, 1958 to Apr 15, 1962 as a line pilot. Great assignment, great squadron mates, great leadership, great living in Japan. Remained in AF until Nov, 1980. Would enjoy hearing from old friends and swapping old stories!! Bags Keywords: F-86D and F-102 Pilot

Entry: 81178 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	LONG AGO
ALBERT BROWN wrote on November 27, 2011 City and State: BEDFORD NH Unit: 40 FIS YOKOTA Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: Finished Jet Engine Mech school and was assigned to the 40, arrived there in Aug 57 and was sent down to Komaki AB and the 39th FIS. After a few months there the 39th closed shop and I was assigned back up to the 40th. Lt Col. Tate was the co then and my boss in the engine shop was SSgt Sheppard. Loved it there, retired from the Air Force as an E9 Avionics superintendent and then on to a tech rep job with BAE systems where i worked for years on the U2 and now on Compass Call C130's. Are any of the old engine shop guys around. Cheers Al Brown Keywords:

Entry: 80861 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	40TH FIS KOREA - JAPAN
BILL CANNAN wrote on November 1, 2011 City and State: LAKEWOOD NJ Unit: 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: Assigned to the 40th in 1952 - While aboard the USN Buckner bound for Pusan, the unit deployed from Korea (K8 ?) to Johnson AFB in Irumagawa, Japan. At Johnson until 1954. Did the Squadron Red Devil symbol in 1953. Any of you still around? I have some pictures. Keywords: Red Devils. From P-51D Mustangs to F-80s to F86Ds in 2 years.

Entry: 75382 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	MEMBER 40 FIS JOHNSON AB
HAL BEESO wrote on July 7, 2010 City and State: Unit: 40TH FIS Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: I was assigned to the 40th from Itazuke AB. Later I was married to a Japanese lady from Fukuoka, my best man was Major Doc Williams, a pilot with the sq later to retire as a Col. A great time of my life in spite of the difficulty in the marriage area. That was almost 60 years ago, married to that young lady until she died in 1972 from cancer. Keywords: MSgt Howard was NCOIC Operations then relieved by MSgt Ed Fees I recall Lt Jack Miller, Lt Robert White (later to become X15 pilot at Edwards) Major Bailey and Lt Col Chalek were the comdrs during my stay.

Entry: 71900 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	40TH FIS 1951-1952
WILLIAM CAMPBELL wrote on October 9, 2009 City and State: JACKSONVILLE FL Unit: 40TH FIS Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: Stumbled across this site recently. Glad to see some of us are still kicking. Keywords: F51D 4474901 Crew Chief

Entry: 61502 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	F 94 ARMORER 6/51 TO 12/93
CECIL SIMS wrote on July 3, 2007 City and State: PAYSON AZ Unit: 339TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: Thanks to Gene Kershner for bringing this organization to my attention. I welcome hearing from anywho I might have crossed trails with at that time. Keywords: Aircraft armorer on radar equiped F94's

Entry: 60206 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	FRIENDS OF CAPT. RALPH ENGROFF, KILLED 1956
PATTY FRANK wrote on March 4, 2007 City and State: CARMICHAEL CA Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: I am his daughter and was 4 yrs. old at the time of his death. Keywords: Ralph Engroff, Capt. was piloting an F86D over Yokota, AFB on January 23, 1956 and was killed when the plane malfunctioned. Looking for any personal friends who may have known him.

Entry: 52806 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	JOHNSON/YOKOTA
MARVIN BESSINGER wrote on August 24, 2005 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: I arrived at Johnson AB in June in 54 along with about 36 other troops fresh out of E4 Fire Control School. We were just some of the new troops sent to work on the F86D. We were transfered to Yokota in Aug. I think and I was assigned to the 41st. FIS. They were ,if I remember correctly, called the SKY RIPPERS. I still have the large patch that I had put on a jacket I bought there at Yokota. It shows a large buzz saw cutting through clouds and I think there is also a king corba showing through the opening of the clouds. I was only assigned to the 41st for about two months. When the 4th FIS started receiving their F86Ds there was about seven of the Fire Control troops that was reassigned to Misawa. That is the extent of my 41st. Assignment. I retired in 1973. Keywords: troops I remember: George C Anderson,Ralph P. Tharpe, Charles Bowers. William F. Bobo,Dale E. Lillard,JohnH.Smith,Earl V. Wood. They were all E4 Fire Control.

Entry: 50124 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	35TH FIS - 40TH SQ
BOB ALLEN wrote on April 11, 2005 City and State: HOPKINS SC Unit: 35TH FIS - 40TH SQ Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: http://eshare.hpphoto.com/start.asp?JobID=d0b3108a-9202-4a71-aea2-ef0e76db7f34 I have posted 10 pictures of 35th FIS - 40th Squadron personnel which were taken by my father. They are available until 5/09/05. Keywords: Posted Pictures

Entry: 48651 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	MY DAD WAS A FIGHTER PILOT WITH THE 40TH
KARL BUDESA wrote on February 2, 2005 City and State: WHITEFISH MT Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: Keywords:

Entry: 43696 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN
ROBERT ZAHIRNIAK wrote on June 10, 2004 City and State: WEST STATION TX Unit: 41ST FTR, 1948 TO 1951 Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN - KOREA Comments: i arrived in japan in oct of 1948 and was assigned to the 41st, as radio mech. i remember june 25 real well.we were playing slow pitch soft ball behind our quarters, when the cq came running out to tell us we were to report to the flight line. this was at yokota afb and we were expecting an ori. major krouse was our commander at thia time. i think he retired a jeneral. most of the men who were there are almost all gone. Keywords:

Entry: 15380 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	CREW CHIEF JULY 50
REGINALD COOPER wrote on March 10, 2001 City and State: PLANTATION FL Unit: 40TH. FIGHTER SQUADRON, 35TH. FTR. GROUP Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN - KOREA Comments: I was Crew Chief on F-51's in Korea. At that time 1st.Lt. Aleck Holet was my pilot. He was assigned to my plane at Johnson AFB, Japan and we were a team. He retired from the AF as Col. He is at present, President of the 35th.Ftr.Gp./Wing Assoc. and I am the membership chairman. Still a team. Keywords: 40th. Ftr. Sqdn. arrived in Pohang, Korea July 13th.1950 from Yokota,Japan The 40th. was at Yonpo Airbase,North Korea when the Chinese entered the war.

Entry: 4318 40TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQDN	REUNION GROUP
REGINALD COOPER wrote on November 7, 1999 City and State: SUNRISE FL Unit: 40TH FTR. SQDN, 35TH FTR GROUP Service or Relationship: Comments: We are looking for formers members of the 35th and the 40th for a group association and to form a reunion of all 40th members, Officers and Enlisted mem. Ret. Col. Alex Holet is working to have a reunion possibly in the year 2000. You can E-Mail me if you are a former member of the 35th Ftr. Gp. or the 40th Ftr. Sqdn. and I will forward your name and address/E-Mail or home address. I repeat my E-Mail address, Regcoop@aol.com. Hope to find some of you guys alive and kicking. Kick on the afterburner and get in touch asap. Sayonara!! Keywords:

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