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| Current Message 1 - April 25, 2008 |
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Entry: 65386
USAF Moments In History |
LOOKING FOR FLOYD SELLERS |
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Donald Steele wrote on 2008-04-25 09:42:53.0
Comments: Would appreciate any one who can put me in touch with Floyd Sellers. We severed together in 1953 and maybe some of 1954.
Keywords: ASHIYA
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| Current Message 2 - April 11, 2008 |
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Entry: 65196
USAF Moments In History |
LOOKING FOR OLD BUDDIES |
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JOEL BROOM wrote on 2008-04-11 20:58:56.0
Comments: I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 16TH COMM SQ IN EARLY 1948. I WAS THEN ASSIGBED TO THE 421ST AIR POLICE SQ. IN 1951 I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 1ST AIR POSTAL SQ. I WAS IN DETACHMENT #19 IN TOKYO. AND REASSIGNED TO DERACHMENT #20 AT IWAKUNI JAPAN WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE FROM THAT TIME.
Keywords: JAPAN 1948 1950 NEW KAIJO BLDG MEJI BLDG
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| Current Message 3 - March 22, 2008 |
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Entry: 64845
USAF Moments In History |
I have photos of a mission of the 60th Air Rescue Squadron, Itami AB, Japan |
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Tom Hegre wrote on 2008-03-22 01:09:33.0
Comments: In January of 1957, I flew with the 60th A.R.S. from Itami Air Base, Japan, on a search for an MATS aircraft lost over the Pacific Ocean, that was flying to Japan with military dependents, about 200 miles east of Tokyo.
I was a still photographer from the 67th Reconnaissance Wing, Photo Lab, and was going along to cover the unit during the search. I have some negatives to give to a person who was assigned to the 60th A.R.S.
The aircraft that I flew on was a SC-47 SN-049565. Some of the crew were: LT. William Klesert, Pilot. Lt. William Edwards, Co-Pilot. Lt. Charles Payne. Enlisted crew personnel were: SSgt John Nielson and A1c Jenning Hibbard.
please contact Tom Hegre. brityank@sbcglobal.net
Keywords: 60th Air Rescue Squadron.
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| Current Message 4 - November 16, 2005 |
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Entry: 54143
USAF Moments In History |
SAC shoulder patch 1949--1954 |
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Fred Barber wrote on 2005-11-16 20:28:30.0
Comments: I am trying to buy the SAC arc that was sewn on over the standard AF shoulder patch during the Korean war.
It was just a matching arc about 3/8" wide and maybe the arc was 2 1/2 to 3 inches long. I can't find it on the internet.
Any ideas? plz email me at derfb1@aol.com
Thanks
Fred
Keywords: B-36
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| Current Message 5 - March 16, 2005 |
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Entry: 49578
USAF Moments In History |
info on vincent steffen |
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mark steffen wrote on 2005-03-16 03:25:29.0
Comments: anyone with info about vincent steffen
Keywords: vincent steffen
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| Current Message 6 - June 6, 2004 |
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Entry: 43604
USAF Moments In History |
49th Fighter Bomb Sq 1952 |
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gus churchill wrote on 2004-06-06 16:34:09.0
Comments: am researching life for a pilot in Korean War for book-articles on life of Warren O'brien. He was MIA in Korea sept 52 but we have since found that he was shot down by a Russian Pilot and killed. Any information of life in general or of pilots in Korea especally from 49th Fighter Bomb Grp or 9th Fighter Bomb Sq would be appreciated. Time is short. God Bless our fallen heros gus in seattle
Keywords: 49th Fighter Bomb Group, 9th Fighter Bomb Sq, Capt warren o'brien mia sept 52, Tague k-2, f-84
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| Current Message 7 - May 20, 2004 |
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Entry: 43187
USAF Moments In History |
75th Supply Group, Depot |
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Patrick Rourke wrote on 2004-05-20 22:47:12.0
Comments: I am looking for any recollections and information,official and unofficial, pertaining to Captain Vernon Rourke. From what I can gather from pictures, orders etc... My uncle flew T-33s and was an Instructor Pilot working with the ROKAF. I'm an Attack Helicopter Instructor in the Army, with sons who are beginning careers as AF pilots. Trying to capture the service of my Uncle for posterity, any help is appreciated. CWO Patrick V. Rourke 1-14th Avn Regt Ft. Rucker AL, 36362 ATTACK!
Keywords: 75th Supply Goup, T-33, Capt. Vernon Rourke, ROKAF
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| Current Message 8 - May 12, 2002 |
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Entry: 25406
USAF Moments In History |
35TH FIGHTER SQUADRON KOREA |
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Kenneth (Ken) Kohler wrote on 2002-05-12 17:56:42.0
Comments: no one but one person that I"ve read about the 35th was the last sqdn to shoot downMig" 17" on or about late 54 or early 55 86"s were launched from K8 where we were TDY ,They shot down either 3 or 4 Migs Capt. Bob Donahue was flying the aircraft that Iwas assigned to which if Iremember it was tail # 427 Iremember that they painted a red star on the pilots side of the aircraft that shot down Migs that day thanks for taking the time to read an old mans ramblings
Keywords: Crew chief on F86"s nickname Ken ,Crewed tail#427 and other aircraft, sometimes the T33 Good buddies with Al Lichter from New York, Bob Werkoski Ithink from Mass. Capt.Robert Donahue.
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| Current Message 9 - May 4, 2001 |
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Entry: 16318
USAF Moments In History |
First Air to Air Kill in Korean War |
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A.J. (GUS) Hipp wrote on 2001-05-04 18:58:25.0
Comments: Lt. Hudson of the 68th FIS, flying an F-82 (twin Mustang), scored the first air to air kill of the Korean War when he shot down a North Korean aircraft on June 27, 1950. A squadron mate, Lt. Charles Moran, got the second one a few minutes late
Keywords: Lt. Hudson of 68th FIS gets first Kill
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| Current Message 10 - July 2, 2000 |
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Entry: 10014
USAF Moments In History |
Mig Alley Arch |
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P.J. Bailey wrote on 2000-07-02 02:11:59.0
Comments: TDY to Saudi. We have a unit recreation area here we call Mig Alley. Trying to locate a pictue of the arch in Korea which stated something like "through this Arch Pass the Greatest Fighter Pilots in the World." Want to paint the same words in our recreation area.
PJ Bailey
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| Current Message 11 - December 19, 1999 |
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Entry: 5713
USAF Moments In History |
Captain S. Wood Mcarthur |
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Della Tyson wrote on 1999-12-19 13:13:01.0
Comments: I am looking for any recollections and information,official and unofficial, on the mid-air rescue of Capt. John J. Paladino by Capt. Wood McArthur and Capt. John Miller in Korea, 1951. I am trying to assemble information for submitting Capt. McArthur's name for consideration for induction into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame. Any help would be appreciated. Feel free to call, fax, write or e-mail. Thank you.
Keywords: dramatic mid-air rescue of Capt. John J. Palidino 1951 by Capt. Wood McArthur & Capt. John Miller.
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Remembering When
On Tue, 4 Nov 1997
Updated: Spt 21, 2004
Don Putnam donput@juno.com
It Happened During the Korean War , in the Month Of November 1950 / 1953
November 8, 1950 : 1st Lt.Russell J. Brown,jr., flying a Lockheed F-80
Shooting Star, downs a North Korean MiG-15 in history's first all-jet
aerial combat.
November 30,1951 : Maj. George A Davis,jr., becomes the first USAF ace of
two wars--World War II ( seven ) and Korea ( fourteen ).
November 1, 1952 : The United States tests its first thermonuclear device
at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. The device, code name "Mike" has a
yield of 10.4 million tons of TNT, 1000 times more powerful then the bomb
dropped on Hiroshima in World War II.
November 22,1952 : While leading a flight of four Lockheed F-80s on a
mission to dive bomb enemy gun positions that were harassing friendly
ground troops near Sniper Ridge, North Korea, Maj. Charles J Loring,jr.'s
aircraft is hit repeatedly as he verifies the position of the enemy guns.
His aircraft badly damaged, he turns and deliberately crashes into the
gun positions, destroying them completely. For his selfless action, Major
Loring is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
November 1,1953 : The Air Reserve Personnel Center is established at
Lowry, AFB CO.
November 6, 1953 : A Boeing B-47 Stratojet is flown from Limestone
(later Loring) AFB ME, to RAF Brize Norton, England, in four hours,
fifty-three minutes to establish a new transatlantic speed record from
the continental U.S.
November 20, 1953 : NACA test pilot Scott Crossfield becomes the first
pilot to exceed Mach 2. His Douglas D-588-II Skyrocket research plain is
dropped from a Navy P2B-1S (B-29) at ann altitude of 32.000 feet over
Edwards AFB, CA.
If you would like to add or share an experience , yours or someone else's
send it to me, I will include it next month, or the month it took place
Best Regards to all.. Have a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!
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