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October 1986, the AMC Museum Has AMC Museum’S Official 30Th Anniversary Which Was Just Coming Into Service Hangar Digest THE AIR MOBILITY COMMAND MUSEUM Page 1 Hangar digest VOLUME 16, NO. 4 OCT– DEC 2016 THE AMC HANGAR DIGEST IS A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMC MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC. Page 2 Volume 16, Issue 4 Air Mobility Command Museum Mission Statement The mission of the Air Mobility Command Museum is twofold: ● To present the history and development of military airlift and tanker operations. ● In a goal closely aligned with the first, to portray the rich history of Dover Air Force Base and its predecessor, Dover Army Airfield. The AMC Museum Hangar AMC Museum Staff AMC Museum Foundation Digest is published quar- Director Board of Directors terly and is dedicated to Mike Leister President the preservation of our Deputy Director Col. Don Sloan, USAFR (Ret.) airlift and tanker herit- John Taylor Vice President age. All articles, unless Senior Archivist Lt. Col. Paul Gillis, USAFR (Ret.) otherwise noted, are writ- Lt. Col. Harry E. Heist, USAF (Ret.) Secretary ten by the editor. Photo Archivist Lt. Col. Phil White, USAF (Ret.) Viewpoints in this publica- SMSgt. Larry Koewing, USAF (Ret.) Treasurer tion are those of the contrib- Collections Manager Ms. Carol Pearson uting authors and do not nec- Deborah Sellars Members essarily reflect the opinions of Educator SMSgt. Jon Andrews, USAF (Ret.) Dick Caldwell The AMC Museum Founda- Mr. Robert Berglund Museum Store Manager Mr. David J. Bever, Esq. tion or of the Museum’s staff. Keith Kreisher Subscriptions are free and Mr. Carleton E. Carey Sr. Volunteer Coordinator Lt. Gen. Bob Dierker, USAF (Ret.) are mailed via nonprofit Janice Caldwell Mr. Mike Frebert standard mail to paid-up Librarian Ms. Stephanie Garber members of The AMC Muse- MSgt. Bob Wikso, USAF (Ret.) Col. Bob Leicht, USA (Ret.) um Foundation Inc. Membership Manager Lt. Col. Mike Phillips, USAF (Ret.) Contributions. Reader com- Deborah Sellars Mr. Bob Mench ments, articles and ideas are Website (www.amcmuseum.org) CMSgt. Ed Perkowski, USAF (Ret.) solicited for future issues. Hal Sellars Mail to The Hangar Digest, Volunteer Liaison 1301 Heritage Road, Dover Terry Anderson Chaplain AFB DE 19902-5301; fax 302- Social Media Manager Chaplain (Lt. Col.) John Groth, USAFR (Ret.) 677-5940; or email piff- Zachary Cacicia brown1898@ gmail.com. Scheduling Manager Contact Editor Master Sgt. Jeff Paul George Brown, USAF (Ret.) via email at [email protected]. What is the Air Mobility Command Museum? Photos on pages 8 and 9 are pro- Located in Hangar 1301 on Dover Air Force Base, Kent County, Delaware, the AMC Museum is vided by the individual board part of the National Museum of the United States Air Force’s field museum system. members. One of the reasons your AMC Museum continues to provide a great educational experience is that we stick very closely to our reason for being. Photos are by Jeff Brown, So exactly what is our “mission”? Broken down by numbers our mission is 70 percent airlift and unless otherwise noted. air-refueling, 20 percent Dover AFB history and 10 percent Air Force general history. Our aircraft and artifact collection sticks very closely to that breakdown. But we work hard to be much more than numbers. We tell the stories of the people who have served in our nation’s Air Force, and we offer the only opportunity for many visitors to see the actual aircraft and meet the people who have Although we’ve featured aerial shots of the served our country. Museum complex before on the cover of the Hangar 1301 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Hangar Digest, we’re doing it this time Although located on Dover AFB proper, entrance to the Museum may be made from Delaware because the photo on the front is special. Route 9, south of the base. Admission to and parking at the Museum is free and military identifica- Taken by AMCM Board President Don tion is not required. The Air Mobility Command Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday Sloan, it shows your Museum during our through Sunday. It is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. For more 30th anniversary celebration, with all of our information, call 302-677-5939. We like to say we are a window to your Air Force. Let us know how we can continue to improve our aircraft on proud display. A 30th anniver- outreach and family friendly experience. sary happens only once, and this was it! The Hangar Digest is printed and mailed by Associates International, Wilmington, Del. Hangar Digest Page 3 From the Director Goodbye and farewell — at least for now I’ve told friends for years I would know including the famous bridge drop enabling the Both of our current tankers (the KC-97 and when it was time to U.S. Marines to get their trucks and armor the KC-135) use a flying boom system to retire. I love this job, over a blown causeway during the Chosin refuel planes. The KB-50 used the older, the people I work Reservoir operation. It was the first time a slower probe and drogue system. with and the work bridge had been air-dropped. Our crack team We could write a whole article about the we all do together, so of “detectives” has located some sections of differences but one big distinction was the KB coming to work was that type of portable bridge so we hope to -50 could refuel three aircraft at a time: one a joy. But I don’t acquire one or two to display with the plane. from a hose on each outboard wing and one belong in today’s It will complement the C-119G we already from the center aft fuselage. The good news is totally automated, have in our collection. that all the original refueling equipment still is online workforce. I’ll Since our last issue the AMC Museum has installed in the aircraft, but the bad news there leave it at that. been given permission to acquire the world’s is quite a bit of corrosion to remove and the The good news is oldest air refueling tanker from its current repair process will take lots of time and effort. that the museum has AMCM Director static display location at MacDill AFB, Flori- Our new leadership team will continue the grown in the right way Mike Leister da. progress we have made together and I look to be a tremendous The KB-50 was used by the Tactical Air forward to seeing what the future holds for the asset to the U.S Air Force, to Delaware, and to Command to refuel early jet fighters and best field museum in the U.S. Air Force. the American people. The aircraft collection bombers. From 1956 until 1965 these planes, After taking some time off to catch up on make us the place to go if you want to learn which were obsolete even then, provided the personal projects I’ll most likely be back as a about airlift and air refueling history. best available means to air refuel TAC fight- volunteer. I enjoy taking people on tours of the Speaking of which … ers. Museum and there are a few other things I can Our team is scheduled to travel to Edwards The Strategic Air Command had priority on help with that will be fulfilling. So I’ll be back, Air Force Base, California, in the middle of newer KC-97 tankers, forcing the KB-50s and but most importantly your AMC Museum will November to start taking apart the very histor- their crews to work in the shadow of SAC continue to grow and the staff here will take ic C-119B that the National Museum of the until corrosion problems in the KB-50s forced good care of our artifacts -- and of you. USAF is letting us acquire. This is the second- their retirement. Our KB-50 is one of only So come out and visit, maybe I’ll be your oldest C-119 in existence and a veteran of two remaining; the other is an older airframe tour guide. some very historic airlift missions in Korea but ours was converted to be a tanker first. — Mike New names added to AMCM’s Commemorative Garden An additional 18 memorial bricks are being added to the walkway at the Air Mobility Command Museum’s Commemorative Garden in conjunction with Veterans Day 2016. The bricks, which are inscribed with names, organizations or other tributes, are added to the garden each Memorial Day and Veterans Day. SMSgt. A. Hoots. C-5 Loadmaster, Aug. 1988 – Sept. 2014 Col. Kevin Gordon, 436 AW/CV, 2014-2016, Wingman, AMC Museum Volunteer Stephanie Garber, 1,000-plus hours Leader, Friend to All Sgt. 1st Class Herc Suydam, 26th BDE FWS ETT, Afghanistan Lt. Col. and Mrs. Davis and Sandra Liebergot, MAC/AMC, E.W. Olszewski, GENEO, 12-7-1942 – 2-11-2015 1963 – 2001, Anniversary No. 50 1966 – 2016 William F. Cathell Sr., MMS USN 1957-1959, USS Forrestal Kenneth S. Clay, 305th Bombardment Group, 366 Bombard- Brian M. Cathell, Seaman, USN, Sept. 5, 1961 – Feb. 26, 1983 ment Squadron, Tech. Sgt., B-17, World War II, 1919 – 2016 Doriso and Geneo, Together Forever Frederick E. Breakie, SMSgt., USAF, Vietnam, 7 Nov. 1940 – William L. Cline, USAF, World War II, 1945 - 1948 24 June 1988 Henry M. Lewis, Service Pilot, ATC-CBI, “The Hump,” MSgt. Ron Gough, Veterans Day Guest Speaker, 11-11-2016 Curtiss C-46 Commando A.I. DuPont Middle School Student Ambassadors, Red Clay Richard S. Marks, Lt.
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