456th Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron
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Squadron History
Time Line Factoid
1961 Assigned 4126th A&E as Gam Branch
Sep 1961 1st Missile Received
Mar 1962 Commander: LTC P.H. Curtis
1 Nov 1962 Assigned as 4126th AMMS
1 Nov 1962 Commander: Maj F.W. Nelson
1 Feb 1963 4126th AMMS Deactivated
1 Feb 1963 Assigned as 456th AMMS
30 Sep 1975 456th AMMS Deactivated
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A Blast From The Past
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Lt. Hammesfahr
Asst. Maint Supv 1970 |
Capt. Leroy L Shoultz
Commander 1970 |
Chief Allen
Maint Supt 1970 |
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Richard E. Moorman
Maint Supt 1971-1972
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Remember the Working Troops?
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Remember When?
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Another Perfect Launch
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A 456th AMMS Bird - S/N 62-0092, successfully launched at White Sands Missile Test Range.
Photo's Courtesy of: Jerry Barker
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Lt. Col. Van Pelt 456th AMMS Commander 1971-1973
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Lt Col David Van Pelt will receive the Silver Star in December 2002, for his service in the Air Force during the Korean War.
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456th AMMS - A Unit with Pride - Teamwork
January, 1966
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Hangar Chief:
Charles Hildebrant |
456th AMMS Commander
Maj William C Brock
Maintenance Officers: Lt Richard Aube and Lt Hubert Redmon. |
Missile Tech: Keith Tucker |
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Guidance Tech: Evan Arnold
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Missile Tech: Ira Sharp |
Flt Line Chief: Luther White |
Missile Tech: Terence O'Brien |
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More Awards For The 456th
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Mac Donald Trophy
The 456th Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron won the
15AF Daniel V. Mac Donald Trophy Award for outstanding
AGM-28 Hound Dog MissileB Hound Dog maintenance not only once but twice.
The award was won for superior performance during the
period of July to Dec 1965 and Jan to Jun 1966
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Random Photos of No Great Importance
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The Waitress Said: "Your Usual Mr Elliott ?"
Photo courtesy of: Arden Elliott |
Robert Roeske Posing With the "Big Birds".
Photo courtesy of: Bob Roeske |
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Remember this ? Anyone remember what you had to do to get one? |
California Dreaming - Ed Hill's 13 lb Trophy
Photo courtesy of: Ed Hill |
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Old Hound Dog Troops Return to the Scene!
We are standing at the corner of 28th and B St., the A & E barrack would have been directly behind us, our barracks would have been at the left side of the photo. Front row left to right: Dug Schuh, Tony Jewell, Mike Eagn, Gary (Lucky) Husser. Back row left to right: Chuck Webb, Ed Hill, Jack Cigelske, Jack Lester, John Lustig.
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Two “Old “ War Horses
L-R, Tom Clinard and Joe Raya just relaxing
Oct 5, 2004 |
456th AMMS Hound Dogs Assigned in 1974
61-2129 61-2135 61-2118 61-2157 61-2180 61-2181 61-2275
61-2280 62-0057 62-0068 62-0082 62-0104 62-0111 62-0154
62-0168 62-0169 62-0175
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456th AMMS Pictures From The Past
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456th AMMS Troops Today
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456th AMMS Personnel Roster
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