Mace ‘A’ Pullout Hits 38th TMW
Contributed by Tom Conrad – 887th TMS Circa 1965 – Actual publication and date unknown; probably Stars and Stripes (Click on image to enlarge.)
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Mace A Maintenance Procedure – Film Installation
Contributed by Joe Molinaro (822nd TMS & 38th MMS – Site II Maintenance NCOIC) Click on image to enlarge.
Mace A Maintenance Procedure – Program Unit Control
Contributed by Joe Molinaro (822nd TMS & 38th MMS – Site II Maintenance NCOIC) Click on image to enlarge.
Mace A Maintenance Procedure – Engine Start
Contributed by Joe Molinaro (822nd TMS & 38th MMS – Site II Maintenance NCOIC) Click on image to enlarge.
Mace Test Launch
Martin Mace Test Firing at Holloman AFB, September 2, 1959. (White Sands Missile Range Museum Archival Holdings – courtesy of Mike Alexander)
Mace Model
Jim Mulligan (822nd TMS) assembled this Mace model back in the 1960s and has been ‘carrying’ it around ever since… Click on images to enlarge.
U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles 1949 – 1969 The Pioneers
George Mindling (71st TMS; Bitburg) and Bob Bolton (887th TMS; Grünstadt) have recently finished their book U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles 1949 – 1969 The Pioneers. Description: The U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles, 1949-1969, The Pioneers offers the rich, fascinating history of the first surface-to-surface tactical missiles of the U.S. Air …
Mace “Switcheroo”
Did you ever realize that the missile on display at Sembach AB in the 1964 -1966 timeframe wasn’t really a “Mace”? In an email from Fred Horky to Russ Reston, dated May 30, 2008, Fred writes… I’ve been going over your website again. It’s a never-ending reverie of great times! …
The Original “C Flight”
The original “C Flight” was the third increment of the first Mace squadron (822nd TMS) to be deployed to Sembach AB. With little help from 38th TMW, “C Flight” converted a former radio listening site into Site III – Grünstadt (“The Hill”). Here’s a picture of the original “C Flight,” …
Misc. Recollections – Hahn TDY’s & MOC
In a February, 2008 email from Lee Kyser (887th TMS) to Fred Horky (887th TMS & 38th TMW Missile Operations Center), Lee wrote, in part: “I then went into the missile field, arriving at Lowry for training in Dec 1959. Following 15 months of training, I arrived at Sembach in …
The Real First “C” Flight Commander – Capt. Richard S. Becker
In an old email (date unknown) from Fred Horky (one of the first LOs to take the Mace to Sembach AB) to Bob Bolton (887th TMS) Fred Stated…”the original “C” flight commander was Captain Richard S Becker; who organized and trained the flight at Orlando, took it through Holloman for …
5 Mace-A Squadrons To ‘Retire’
Stars & Stripes – 1965 WIESBADEN, Germany Five Mace-A winged missile squadrons, consisting of 90 short-range missiles and about 1400 men, will be withdrawn from Europe by June of next year. Target areas assigned to the Mace-A will be covered by Army Pershing ballistic missiles, after the phase-out. The Air …