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Air Force Weather, Our Heritage 1937-2012.” AFWA Agreed to This Approach in December 2009 AIR FORCE WEATHER OUR HERITAGE 1937 TO 2012 “DIRECTORATE OF WEATHER” Jul 1937 - 1950 May 1958 - 1978 Apr 1991 - Present Air Weather Service Air Force Weather Agency 14 Apr 1943 - 15 Oct 1997 15 Oct 1997 - Present Air Force, Reserve, & Guard Component Weather Units 1 Oct 1991 to Present “MEETING THE CHALLENGE FOR 75 YEARS” TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER PAGE FRONTISPIECE ………….…………………………………………ii SIGNATURE TITLE PAGE ………………………………………..iii DEDICATION……………………………………………………...iv TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………….…xii SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LETTER…………………………..…xv FOREWARD……………………………………………………...xvi PREFACE..…………………………………………………..…..xvii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…...…………………………………....xix CHAPTER 1—The Roots and Lineage of Air Force Weather……1-1 CHAPTER 2—Chronology1937 – 1946……………………………2-1 CHAPTER 3—Chronology 1947 – 1956……………………….…..3-1 CHAPTER 4—Chronology 1957 – 1966……………………….…..4-1 CHAPTER 5—Chronology 1967 – 1976……………………..…….5-1 CHAPTER 6—Chronology 1977 – 1986………………………..….6-1 CHAPTER 7—Chronology 1987 – 1996……………………….…..7-1 CHAPTER 8—Chronology 1997 – 2006……………………….…..8-1 CHAPTER 9—Chronology 2007 – 2012………………………..….9-1 CHAPTER 10—Air Force Weather Leadership and Staff……....10-1 USAF Directorates of Weather……………………………………10-1 xii Major Air Command Weather Functional Managers……………..10- 32 Air Weather Service Commanders…………………………..…...10- 34 Air Force Weather Agency Commanders………………………...10- 51 USAF Directorate of Weather Staff…………………………...…10- 68 Air Weather Service Staff…………………………………….…10- 71 Air Force Weather Agency Staff………………………………....10- 77 CHAPTER 11—Air Force Weather Awards……………….......…11-1 Group……………………………………………………….…..11-1 Individual………………………………………………….…....11-9 Air Force Battlefield Weather……………………………….…..11-17 Space Weather ………………………………………….……..11-18 Air Reserve Component ………………………………….……..11-19 Air Reserve Component Battlefield Weather……………………..11-21 Legacy…………………………………………………..…….11-22 CHAPTER 12—Air Force Weather Emblems and Insignia…….12-1 Heraldry………………………………………………………...12-1 Emblems and Badges.……………………………………………12- 7 CHAPTER 13—Lineage and Honors………………………….….13-1 xiii Lineage Terms ……………………………………..……………13-1 Headquarters Lineage…………………………………..…..…..13-1 Wing Lineages.…………………………………………..…..…..13- 3 Group Lineages……………………………………..…...…......13- 13 Squadron Lineage……………………………………….……..13- 25 Reconnaissance Lineages…………………………….……....…13- 68 Corollary Units……………………………………..…………..13- 84 Army Air Forces Base Units…………………………………….13- 85 Weather Regions………………………………………..……...13- 91 APPENDIX A—Glossary………………………………………..….A-1 APPENDIX B—Footnotes……………..……………………...…….B-1 APPENDIX C—Bibliography……………………………...………C-1 APPENDIX D—Air Force Weather Manpower/Manning…...…..D-1 APPENDIX E—Air Force Weather Organization…………….…..E-1 APPENDIX F—15 Year Funding Level…………………………....F-1 APPENDIX G—Congratulations from Around the World...…....G-1 75th Anniversary……………………………………………….…G-1 50th Anniversary ..………………………………………………G-14 xiv APPENDIX H—Aircraft Possessed………………………………..H-1 APPENDIX I—Air Weather Service Song………………………...I-1 xv The “father of Air Force Weather, Capt Randolph P. “Pinkie” Williams (right) in balloon basket at Scott Field, Illinois, in April 1935. It was largely due to Capt Williams’ efforts that the Army Air Corps Weather Service came into existence in 1937. In basket with Capt Williams is Capt Orvil A. Anderson, renowned balloonist who rose to the rank of major general in the Air Force. ii AIR FORCE WEATHER OUR HERITAGE 1937-2012 An Illustrated Chronology Prepared by Air Weather Association 1 JULY 2012 COMPILED BY: George N. Coleman III, CMSgt, USAF, Ret. DAF, Civilian, Ret. Member Air Weather Association REVIEWED BY: George L. Frederick, Jr., Col, USAF, Ret. Gene J. Pfeffer, Col, USAF, Ret. Paul F. Demmert, Maj, USAF, Ret. APPROVED BY: A•o#01,011,/ ames Kevin Lavin, Col, USAF, Ret. Chairman, Air Weather Association This illustrated chronology was compiled primarily from official United States Air Force histories prepared by Air Weather Service and Air Force Weather Agency. These histories are maintained in the Air Force Weather Agency historical holdings at 101 Nelson Drive, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska 68113. Those events that did not come from these histories are identified and the source of the information is cited. iii DEDICATION “Pinkie Williams was the true father of the Air Corps Weather Service, and established the first real Air Corps weather station at Langley Field around the mid- 1930s.” Colonel Arthur F. Merewether, USAF (Retired) “No one has ever given Major R. P. Williams the credit due him for prying the meteorological service loose from the Signal Corps. It was his dream and he was the prime mover. He was a regular bulldog in his tenacity to get hold of the kind of service that the Air Corps had to have. I have no doubt that World War II would have caught us without a weather service had it not been for Major Williams” Major General J. K. Lacey, USAF (Retired) This book is dedicated to the 234 Air Force Weather “Fallen Warriors” who lost their lives in the service of their country, and especially to Colonel Randolph P. (“Pinkie”) Williams, the founder of the Army Air Corps Weather Service. His aggressive pioneering and organizational efforts in 1936-37 are generally acknowledged as the impetus behind the evolution of the United States Air Force weather function as we know it today. Colonel Williams was killed in action September 5, 1944, when his photographic reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over France. WORLD WAR II NAME Killed in Action1 DATE (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA) Capt Robert M. Losey KIA 21 Apr 40 TSgt Daniel A. Dyer KIA 7 Dec 41 Cpl Harold W. Borgelt KIA 7 Dec 41 Cpl James M. Topalian KIA 7 Dec 41 PFC Sherman Levine KIA 7 Dec 41 Pvt Richard E. Livingston KIA 7 Dec 41 1Lt James H. Cooke MIA 7 May 42 1Lt James W. Pflueger KIA 9 Nov 42 Pvt George D. Cunning KIA 2 Feb 43 Pvt Gordon S. Hart KIA 2 Feb 43 Pvt Earl W. Wilson KIA 2 Feb 43 1Lt Amos M. Hutchinson, Jr MIA 16 Feb 43 1Lt William E. Stodghill KIA 25 Apr 43 1JP 1-02, “DoD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 31 Jan 2011, “hostile casualty,” “In Action” characterizes the casualty as having been the direct result of hostile action…. iv NAME Killed in Action1 DATE (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA) Capt Robert G. Aho KIA 13 Jun 43 MSgt Donald E. Tice KIA 14 Jun 43 TSgt Ben Slobutsky MIA 10 Oct 43 MSgt Raymond B. Orner, Jr KIA 16 Dec 43 Capt John D. Root KIA Unknown TSgt Herman C. Hudson KIA 16 Mar 44 2Lt Raymond W. Pope MIA 20 Mar 44 SSgt Everett N. Dietrich KIA 23 Mar 44 2Lt Leland T. Harder, Jr KIA 26 Mar 44 SSgt David W. Fogo KIA 28 Mar 44 Maj William P. “Tony” Conway, Jr KIA 1 Apr 44 SSgt Russell E. Hill KIA 22 Apr 44 Capt Edward P. McDermott KIA 26 Apr 44 Cpl Arthur H. Gill, Jr MIA 5 Jul 44 1Lt J. J. Mann KIA 7 Jul 44 Sgt Joseph H. Kimmel, Jr MIA 30 Aug 44 Col Randolph P. (“Pinkie”) Williams KIA 5 Sep 44 2Lt John H. Macklin KIA 22 Sep 44 MSgt Richard W. Stoodley KIA 22 Sep 44 SSgt Charles H. Hammill MIA 25 Sep 44 Cpl Robert P. Herbig MIA 25 Sep 44 Sgt Louis J. Heller KIA 26 Sep 44 Cpl Leonard S. Harrow KIA 6 Oct 44 Col Joseph A. Miller, Jr MIA 21 Oct 44 2Lt Robert L. Shaw KIA 25 Oct 44 MSgt James K. Hastings MIA 6 Nov 44 Sgt Myron Hirshfield KIA 6 Dec 44 Capt Jean W. Dixon KIA 13 Dec 44 1Lt Howard R. Henry MIA 13 Dec 44 2Lt Elgin E. Fisher KIA 13 Dec 44 2Lt William C. Stilwell KIA 13 Dec 44 2Lt Harold G. Brink KIA 13 Dec 44 TSgt John F. Spellman KIA 13 Dec 44 Sgt Albert F. Whalen KIA 13 Dec 44 Maj Frank T. Cox, Jr KIA 24 Dec 44 2Lt Richard W. Beard, Jr KIA 12 Jan 45 Cpl Walter A. Marsh, Jr MIA 20 Jan 45 TSgt Walter C. Ahrens KIA 23 Jan 45 2Lt Robert G. Kraybill MIA 27 Jan 45 Cpl Carl E. Houston MIA 3 Mar 45 1Lt William L. Knowlan MIA 10 Mar 45 2Lt Charles H. Janssen, Jr. MIA 10 Mar 45 2Lt Charles A. Cannon, Jr. MIA 10 Mar 45 v NAME Killed in Action1 DATE (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA) SSgt William H. Hutchings MIA 10 Mar 45 SSgt Frederick E. Keup MIA 10 Mar 45 MSgt Thomas W. Smith MIA 21 Mar 45 Maj Jay Jacobs KIA 23 Mar 45 1Lt Arthur J. Brestlin KIA 23 Mar 45 TSgt Cletus G. Bice MIA 22 May 45 Maj Robert C. Kunz MIA 19 Jun 45 F/O James M. Pyca MIA 19 Jun 45 1Lt Stanley Z. Abrams MIA 19 Jun 45 SSgt Billy R. Isham MIA 19 Jun 45 SSgt Alvin C. Schaefer MIA 19 Jun 45 Capt Carl E. Rimmele KIA 30 Jun 45 Sgt Harold E. Gstalder MIA 25 Jul 45 Cpl John R. Waite MIA 27 Jul 45 1Lt James A. Fuller KIA 12 Aug 45 Lt Walter R. Weston MIA 19 Oct 45 KOREA Capt David H. Grisham MIA 3 Sep 50 1Lt James M. Schooley, Jr. KIA 9 Oct 50 Capt Warren G. Harding KIA 7 Dec 50 Capt Gerald L. Brose MIA 11 Aug 51 Capt Bruce K. Nims MIA 21 Oct 51 TSgt Carl M. Spence MIA 22 Feb 52 SOUTH EAST ASIA KIA/ Other A1C Norman S. Bowers Other – Died in C-130 crash2 6 Sep 66 enroute from Da Nang, RVN to Japan A2C Wayne S. Meacham Same as above 6 Sep 66 A2C Tullio P. Idice, Jr. Other – Died in swimming 23 Oct 66 accident, Qui Nhon RVN3 SSgt James C. Swann KIA 4 Mar 68 Sgt Edward W. Milan KIA 4 Mar 68 SSgt Eduardo Garcia, Jr KIA 18 Mar 68 A1C Kenneth E. Baker, Jr KIA 22 Mar 68 2 Hist of 1st WW, 1 Jul -31 Dec 66, Appendix 1, p 12; e-mail, Try, Paul, Col, USAF, Ret., Remembering Vietnam,, 8 Dec 2010.
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