From: Derk R. Kuyper Email address Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Air Force Unit AACS 1809 Group I served in Air Force Unit 1809 AACS Group in Nagoya, Japan, (guess 1948 - > 51). Would like to hear from anyone else in my old group. The l809th Group (under l808th Wings and M.A.T.S) provided control tower services throughout Japan and later in Korea. Checking long & short range homing beacons, G.C.A., providing radio frequencies(crystals), tower equipment,etc. The Group operated of of Nagoya's downtown Sumitomo building and its air strip outside the city. Used 2 or 3 C-47's and I believe a Douglas A-26 (?). Colonel Willis S. Johns was the C.O. Group had several squadrons and a few detachments under its control. Can only recall sites at Osaka,Misawa,Yokota,Tachikawa,Itazuke,Miho and Bofu. Pilots assigned in Operations performed required flight checks and field operations. The l809th Group had been previously located in the F.E.A.F. (Far East Air Force) building in Tokyo, near MacArthurs headquarters across from the Imperial Palace. Thanks, Derk R. Kuyper