The YB-61 Matador at Lowry while it was in the Court Area of the Interim Air Force Academy in 1955. The missile later graced the entrance to the electronics school at Lowry.
Just wanted to say the sight is fantastic! One thing that I've noticed, is
the almost total lack of information concerning Lowry AFB and the
individuals who spent their time there training the future technicians and
mechanics. I was one of the lucky ones to spend 7 years, 11 months at
Lowry, the last 6 years as an instructor for the Mace 'B' GEMS school. I
always wished I could have been in an operational unit, but the AF needs
said I was an instructor. Over the period at LAFB I was assigned to the
3419th, 3424th, and the 3421st. I always wore my pocket rocket with pride,
and the instructor badge with the same pride. Keep up the good work!
George Mindling, Flight Controls, and Jim Hawkins, MEMS, at Lowry AFB, Colorado, in front of a TM-76A school training missile on May 13, 1961,.
The photo was taken during a snow storm on Sunday, Mother's Day. The day before had crowds in short sleeved shirts as they attended Armed Forces Day Open House with sunshine and 65 degree temperature!
The TM-76A display missile at Lowry AFB, on display at Lowry 1 during better weather
Photo courtesy of Lee Garwig (leegarwig@verizon.net)
Good Afternoon,
I Found your Kadena Mace site and had a few memories come back. The photo is of the original class of instructors from Lowry AFB after graduating from the G.L. Martin factory training course in Baltimore MD in 1960.
I'm the guy in the back row with the mustache. I may be able to dig up the names of the rest of them.
I am also a former member of the 498th in the TEMS area from 1965 to 1968. If your still putting stuff on this site I may be able to help. Let me know.
MSG Larry Hamilton USAF(Ret) (acornoak@train.missouri.org)
"Two old coots like us..."
Bill Reeves, SMSGT (Retired) and George Mindling, 2/3rds of the initial 1962 Bitburg Flight Controls IC&V team 9 on October 2, 2007, some 45 years later (Leonard Estrada not pictured). Bill is the instructor at Baltimore, top row far right, and George is the fellow on the left in front of the school missile in the snow in the photo above. George is also the webmaster for the 38th TMW Web Site.
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I Found your Kadena Mace site and had a few memories come back. The photo is of the original class of instructors from Lowry AFB after graduating from the G.L. Martin factory training course in Baltimore MD in 1960.
