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Site IV - Wüscheim
89th Tactical Missile Squadron

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Mace 'A' at Hahn

Alert Duty 1965
After the Shelters Were Erected

Mace 'A' at
Hahn

A great shot of the electric blanket used to heat the guidance unit when it was powered down. There was also a forced air duct (notice the air hose) for cooling the unit when operating

Mace 'A' at
Hahn

The sheltered launch bay from the rear.

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The Block House as seen from the rear of the Launch Bay

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at Hahn

The 3 Flights (12 birds) with two Yo-Yos (Spares in closed shelters) at Site IV.

The "African Queen" was used to supply emergency power, both electrical and hydraulic, to the blockhouse.

 
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The Missile Maintenance Area, Hahn AB. Loading a Guidance unit onto a MM-1 for transport to a missile site. The MC-1 Cranes, sometimes called cherry pickers, were the general utility cranes for all units.


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Suggestion award Award Winner

My suggestion award, presented at Site IV.
I designed and built a unit for checking guidance and control systems without having to mount the nose to a missile.

William Shackelford (wasbet@juno.com)

Sgt Shackelford's idea was adopted by all Mace units worldwide.


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"I was at site 4 when it was activated. NCOIC of one of the first launch teams. we placed a model of the mace on top of the flag pole. I was on Lt Moodies launch team, we were the junior team so we got the details, such as making the model and placing on top of the flag pole. Can anyone tell me what happened to the model?"

Barnum Bailey Lambert MSG ret. ( barney@frogdiver.com)


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Mace 'A' atHahn

Site IV SCC. The facility housed a chow hall, recreation room, offices, and bunks for standby maintenance crews

Mace and Site Photographs by Charles Martin

Mace 'A' at
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Sleep soundly tonight because we are on duty...

Guardians of freedom, from left to right are: A2C David Maas, A1C Miner, A1C Gosnell, A1C Boetcher.

Photographer unknown, courtesy of Dave Maas (DrMaas@aol.com)


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Wüscheim, Germany - Site IV - 2005
"Veronica"
( 49 º 59´ 57.9" N,   7 º 24´ 00.77" E. )

Site IV today - Google

Photo courtesy of Google Earth


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