In an era of vanashing history thanks for your efforts to keep this one alive. 7+ years as a Gunner and experience in the capabilitiy of the Buff even when it was mortally wounded,
I am PROUD to have been a member of SAC and have particapted in LINEBACKER II. I wish WITH ALL MY HEART all could have come home. I am very thankful to have been shot down, a POW and returned, so many of my friends did not, these are the HERO’s of SAC history in the Viet-Nam war. BULLDOGS and check six forever.
I am a history buff (no pun intended) and would like to welcome you to the preservation of the history of SAC and the valiant crew members that were the very beginning of SAC.
I agree with Tommy! It is amazing how much SAC history has been buried away in the archives and is hard to access. Nothing is maintained in the History office at Offutt. We held a reunion of SAC/IN and 544th people last year. We wanted to produce a brochure of items. It was extremely difficult to find any documentation. It was all sent to Maxwell and they have little staff to do research. However you can go there personally and try to dig out information. It is almost as if there was a concious effort to totally kill SAC history. There are a few good books that help but those are at an unclassified level. Sites like this seem to be the best way to try to preserve SAC History.
Well done website. I was gunner on wave lead out of Guam on 18 Dec 72 (Rose I). McCoy crew E-23. Looking forward to receiving the video. Thank you for your efforts here.
Want to be the first to welcome you to the arena of preserving the history of SAC and the people who served.
In an era of vanashing history thanks for your efforts to keep this one alive. 7+ years as a Gunner and experience in the capabilitiy of the Buff even when it was mortally wounded,
Looks like you will have a great web site in the making.
Arthur Craig Mizner
Aircraft Commander/Instructor Pilot
B-47 A/E and B-52 B,C,D,E, and F
I am PROUD to have been a member of SAC and have particapted in LINEBACKER II. I wish WITH ALL MY HEART all could have come home. I am very thankful to have been shot down, a POW and returned, so many of my friends did not, these are the HERO’s of SAC history in the Viet-Nam war. BULLDOGS and check six forever.
Gary Morgan
SMSgt, USAF, Ret
B-52D Tail Gunner
I am a history buff (no pun intended) and would like to welcome you to the preservation of the history of SAC and the valiant crew members that were the very beginning of SAC.
I agree with Tommy! It is amazing how much SAC history has been buried away in the archives and is hard to access. Nothing is maintained in the History office at Offutt. We held a reunion of SAC/IN and 544th people last year. We wanted to produce a brochure of items. It was extremely difficult to find any documentation. It was all sent to Maxwell and they have little staff to do research. However you can go there personally and try to dig out information. It is almost as if there was a concious effort to totally kill SAC history. There are a few good books that help but those are at an unclassified level. Sites like this seem to be the best way to try to preserve SAC History.
Well done website. I was gunner on wave lead out of Guam on 18 Dec 72 (Rose I). McCoy crew E-23. Looking forward to receiving the video. Thank you for your efforts here.