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39th Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron

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4135th SW

Squadron History


Time Line                      Factoid

Dec 1959              The 4135th- 1st AGM Equipped unit

Sep 1960              Received 1st ADM Quail

1 Nov 1962            4135th AMMS Activated

1 Feb 1963            4135th AMMS Deactivated   

1 Feb 1963            39th AMMS activated

25 Jun 1965           39th AMMS Deactivated


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4135th SW

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39th AMMS - 1965


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Eglins AMMS Was the First

Initial delivery of ground support equipment was made to the 4135th SW in Oct 1959. Two special buildings had been erected to house the Hound Dog and its equipment. Sixty-One Air Force personnel who had received extensive missile systems maintenance training at North American Aviation were on hand to install equipment and begin evaluation of initial operational maintenance techniques proposed by NAA for the weapon system.

In addition to its normal responsibilities of maintaining the Hound Dog they were also required to conduct System Operational Test Evaluations ( Live Launchs) On Feb 29 1960 the first operational Hound Dog was launched over the Atlantic Missile Range and then two hours later the missile under the opposite wing was launched. This additional achievement was entered in the records book as the first "dual launch" of the WS-131B weapon system.

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Commemorative Graphic printed on Postal Envelopes from Eglin AFB to denote the Missile Launch of the day. This one from Feb 9, 1961


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Missile on Eglin Flight Line

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GAM 77 Hangars in 1960

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An Ammonia Servicing in Progress

 

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Some "Old Troops" at AMMS Reunion 2004
L-R, Don Widhalm, John McGaunn,
Bob Van Alst, Reece Henderson, Wally Fox and Joe Podrazik.

39th AMMS Troops Today

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39th  AMMS Personnel Roster

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Aldrich,Norman C
Aleksy, Richard E., 164 Fairway Drive, LaGrange, IL 60525, Phone: (312) 961-2022, Squadron: Eglin AFB (63) Grand Forks AFB (64-67)
1-star Anderson,John R-----------Deceased
Anderson, William B
Balsamo, Salvatore R --------- Shrewsbury MA
Bates,Charles A
Bazis,Walter J ---------- Redondo Beach CA
Bergen,Thomas
Bleau,Richard E
Boothe,Charles
Butler,Ron
Byrd,Alan B----------Morganton NC
Cammack,Louis
Campbell,Donald A
Carter,John W----------Warner Robins GA
Cekot, Ronald N.--------- Panama City, FL
Chancey Jr., Hugh Dorsey -- Flokston, GA
1-star Cheshire,Ralph L ---------- Deceased
Clark,Hershel
Coutu,Armand B----------Niceville FL
Crooks,Staiten C
Crooks,Staton R
Daniel, Grover B
Davis,Charles E
Davis. Larry D.----------Palm Bay, FL
Dawsey,John E
Dearinger,Robert
DeBartelo,Sid
DeChaine,Richard L
Deyarmin,Donald E ---------- Altoona PA
Donovan,John P
Downs,Robert E
Drew,Terral W
Drummond,Danny K ---------- Hondo TX
Dutton,Ron-----------Lind WA
Ekle,William
Ellerman,Richard I
Emmons,Raymond H----------Hilton Head SC
Fox, Wallace E -------- Huntsville AL
Fransen,Victor W
Genetin,Herman A
Ghwan,George
Grant, Gerald “Gerry”-----Lubbock, TX
Grassfield,Richard A
Grevy,Joseph A
Griggs,Walker W
Groff,Carl
1-star Guindon, Fredrick H-----------Deceased
1-star Guyette, Frederick C ------- Deceased
Hall,Jimmy L --------- Northridge CA
Hardy,Delbert
Harrell,Julian H-----------Bonita Springs FL
Hartley,Ronald C
1-star Hayes, Lester R----------- Deceased
Henderson,Reece J-----------Statesville NC
Homan,Earl C
Hudson,Joe
Johnson,Douglas
Jones,Max E
Kimbrell,Thomas R
Knapp,Edwin P
Knight,Larry J
Koasis,Charles
Kull,George H
Lavallee,Alan A----------Orange Park FL

1-star Long, David A -------- Deceased
1-star Mansell, Donald L----------Deceased
Martine,Jay L-----------Ft Worth TX
Maxwell,Russells L
McCurley,David R
McGaunn,John----------Bossier City LA
McQuiggan,John F-----------Dunkirk NY
Mickle,Ralph----------- Deceased
Melvin L. Milnes, Melvin L., 3904 Est 24th Ave., Spokane, WA. 99223-5550, Phone: 509 535-6503, Squadron: Eglin (59-65), Kincheloe (70-74)
Mitchell,Leonard E-----------Oklahoma City OK
Orlds,Ted M
Parrish,Don
Partin,Lincoln-----------Warner Robins GA
Peacock,James P
Pereira, Elmo-----------Rome, NY
Podrazik,Joseph R---------- Aquebogue NY
Powell,Dave
Powell,Don
Pulver,Benjamin A
Radsvilowicz,Edward J-----------Mary Esther FL
Rambo,William D
Redd,William-----------Lompoc CA
Reynolds,Mike
Ryan,Terry
Sanders,Leawn D
Sandusky,Joseph E
Selement,Charles L
Shell,James S
Shelton,John D----------Bossier City LA
Shene,Harley N
Shepler,Charles R----------New Orleans LA
Sherwood,Robert C
Small,Lee T
Small,Otis M
Smith,Billy W-----------Beaufort NC
Spurlock,Richard B
Strombush, Earl M.------Hawkinsville, GA
Stansell,Conally R
1-star Strickland, Razzie ---------- Deceased
Strobush,Earl
Stutzman,Paul
Tate,James T
Tedford,Jimmy R
Tenney,William F----------Deceased
Tollefsrod,Philip B ---------- Deceased
Tolson,Earl A-----------Rancho Cordova CA
Twaddle,William
Urch,Harold
Van Alst,Robert L-----------Montgomery AL
Vela,Heberto ------- Fort Walton Beach FL
Visser,Harold R
Walters,Tom
Ware,Raymond O
Warmack,Hardy C
Watkins,Kenneth A
1-star Wells, Jackie L----------Deceased
Wetzes, William J
1-starWhatley,Willis R ---------- Deceased
Widhalm,Donald G-----------Winter Park FL
Williams,Dale E
Williams, Robert G------- Sarasota FL
Xenias,Solon----------Navarre FL
1-star Young, Robert L ----------- Deceased


 

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