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October 1974 − C-119S of the Which Troops Would Jump from the Aft Limited the Type of Equipment That Could Be 374Th Troop Carrier Group (Ironically, the Doors THE AIR MOBILITY COMMAND MUSEUM Hangar digest VOLUME 14, NO. 4 OCT— DEC 2014 THE AMC HANGAR DIGEST IS A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMC MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC. PAGE 2 VOLUME 14, 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 SMSgt. Eric Getz, USAF (Ret.) Deborah Sellars uting authors and do not nec- Members Educator essarily reflect the opinions of SMSgt. Jon Andrews, USAF (Ret.) Dick Caldwell Mr. Robert Berglund The AMC Museum Founda- Museum Store Manager Mr. David Bever tion or of the Museum’s staff. Lance Brown Mr. Carleton E. Carey Sr. Subscriptions are free and Volunteer Coordinator Mr. Mike Frebert are mailed via nonprofit Janice Caldwell Lt. Col. Mike Phillips, USAF (Ret.) standard mail to paid-up Librarian SMSgt. Larry E. Koewing, USAF (Ret.) members of The AMC Muse- MSgt. Bob Wikso, USAF (Ret.) Mr. Bob Mench um Foundation Inc. Membership Manager CMSgt. Ed Perkowski, USAF (Ret.) Contributions. Reader com- Deborah Sellars Col. Larry Tasker, CAP ments, articles and ideas are Website (www.amcmuseum.org) Mr. Gerry Wright 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 ntrprz@ Silas Stephen dmv.com. Scheduling Manager Contact Editor Master Sgt. Jeff Paul George Brown, USAF (Ret.) via email at What is the Air Mobility Command Museum? [email protected]. Located in Hangar 1301 on Dover Air Force Base, Kent County, Delaware, the AMC Museum is part Photos are by Jeff Brown, of the National Museum of the United States Air Force’s field museum system. unless otherwise noted. Hangar 1301 was built in 1944 and used in World War II by the 4146 Base Unit as a secret rocket develop- ment site at what was known as the Dover Army Airfield. During the 1950s through 1970s, the area was home A fleeting deck of clouds scatters the light of to various fighter squadrons serving the base. Following several years of inactivity, the facility was renovated to the sun rising over the Air Mobility Com- house the AMC Museum. The Museum consists of the former hangar, administrative offices, shop and heating mand Museum the morning of Oct. 18. plant, and now counts more than 30 planes as part of its inventory. This photograph was taken from the pas- Hangar 1301 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. senger ramp outside the flight deck en- Although located on Dover AFB proper, entrance to the Museum may be made from Delaware Route trance to the AMCM’s C-5A Galaxy. The 9, south of the base. Admission to and parking at the Museum is free and military identification is not plane is scheduled to be repainted in the white over gray paint scheme it carried required. The Air Mobility Command Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. It while stationed at Dover AFB. is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. For more information, call 302-677-5939. The Hangar Digest is printed and mailed by Associates International, Wilmington, Del. HANGAR DIGEST PAGE 3 From the Director Let there be light! Paul Gillis is one of our volunteers, but less heat, draws less power and puts more that is an understatement. He has so much light where it is needed. In fact, it caused energy and he us to do a good housecleaning inside the does so many plane because after he finished, we could things he see all the dust we’d missed. makes me Now, too much light around artifacts is look like I’m worse than not enough light. Light energy snoozing. actually damages paint and fabrics among Paul is vice other things so it was important to get the president of right balance. I can tell you it’s a major the board of success. To make the job harder, every- the AMC Mu- thing needs to be installed without modify- seum Founda- ing the original aircraft and to blend in the tion where he wiring and the light fixtures so it does not can be count- detract from the original. Paul ran the wir- ed on to volun- AMCM Director ing parallel to the original wiring and in- Larry Koewing photo teer for any Mike Leister stalled the lights in the existing fixtures so job that needs everything looks as it should. On the out- Paul Gillis, lighting man extraordinaire, doing, especially the ones that are not fun. side he installed a small spotlight away adjusts a spotlight in the AMCM’s B-17. Among other things he can be counted on from the plane that lights up our new is to shop for the food for some of our pararack under the C-47. Army Air Forces The challenge is that for safety reasons we events that need snacks and then set it up planes in the World War II era had external have to have light inside the C-5 cargo so we are prepared and then clean it up hard points that were used carrying crates compartment when visitors are there. It afterwards. He follows up on suggestions; that were dropped to resupply troops. Ours would be loud, expensive and impractical he is the kind of board member most non- is the only C-47 equipped with this early to run an Air Force power unit to provide profits only wish they had. airdrop system and it needed to be high- lighting so we had a contractor install But that’s just a start. Paul is a retired C-5 lighted. Job Well Done. some basic interior LED lighting that runs instructor and examiner pilot, an electrical Next he illuminated the bomb bay and off a little whisper generator. Paul has tak- engineer, a volunteer for his church − and gunner’s compartment of our B-17 using en that basic capability and bumped it up he takes people in his neighborhood to their strip lighting and small individual lights. by adding more lights in the cargo com- medical appointments because he’s that Our B-17 is configured so people can walk partment where they were needed and in- kind of person. He is so busy he has to keep into the bomb bay and also look in the rear stalling additional LEDs in existing light a schedule of his volunteer commitments. entry door to see the ball turret and waist fixtures in the flight deck. We only can Paul’s current project here, and it keeps gunner positions as well as the tail wheel. open the flight deck on the third Saturday growing, is to add lighting to the inside of It was available before but now people can of the month because it requires an exter- our exhibit planes that are part of our Open actually see the details and learn more nal set of steps that are safe for visitors. Cockpit Tours. His first plane was the C- about what they are looking at, it’s taken a Everyone wants to look in the bunkrooms 47. For years we had a rudimentary light- “6” display up to a “10.” and the bathroom but before it was too ing system installed so people could safely Finally, our C-5 competes with our VC- dark to see. Now people snap photos of the walk inside the plane. Paul replaced it with 9, i.e., “Air Force Two,” as the biggest bunk beds equipped with seat belts. Paul an LED light system that produces much draws in our open-aircraft tour program. still has more ideas and more aircraft to upgrade. Let there be light — and, thanks to Paul, the light is good. Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Bill Voigt, left, one of the — Mike AMCM’s earliest and most ardent support- ers, died in Dover on ERRATA ... Oct. 14. Bill was the subject of artist Dave Our July-September issue contained Godek’s latest paint- a spelling error in the Page 5 listing of ing, “Rosalie’s Ri- names of those who have become val,” which depicts lifetime members of the Museum. him as a young of- ficer flying the C-46 The entry should have read William during World War II. Welser Jr. We regret the error. PAGE 4 VOLUME 14, ISSUE 4 The bridge at Koto-ri: the C-119 proves its mettle in Korea By Bob Leicht, U.S. Army (Retired) which the con- Special to the Hangar Digest tainers would be released on com- In my article about the C-47 in the July- mand. Near- September 2014 issue of the Hangar Digest, ing the drop zone, we traced the development of a first genera- the internal and tion aerial delivery (AD) system, the external well ‘paracrates’ and ‘pararacks’ which permit- doors would be ted dropping out-sized equipment to air- opened, and the borne forces.
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