President’s comments

Thanks to all who planned, organized and executed another very enjoyable reunion in Charleston. The support from the squadron personnel and the active duty shooters was a refreshing bonus that definitely added to the experience.

As the new president, I am thankful for the returning board members and the new volunteers who are highly motivated to make each reunion better than the last.

The board of officers held its first teleconference on 13 Nov, with a quorum of officers. Topics of discussion were approval of the articles of association, and status of the Springs reunion. Information on these areas will be made available in our web page or social media as progress is made.

In closing, a reminder that the Saturday afternoon meetings during the reunion are open to all and you are strongly encouraged to attend. If you are registered, you have a vote that will be honored by the board of officers.

The board of directors plan to have quarterly teleconferences, so if there are any concerns during the course of the year please contact one of us.

Thanks for your continued support
Pat Knowles, President

2017 Reunion

The 2017 reunion dates are 12-15 Oct 2017. It will be at the Hotel Elegante Conference and Event Center in Colorado Springs. The room rates are $149 a night for both a king size bed and 2 queen double beds. Breakfast will be included in the room rate. Joe Coleman has a list of proposed tour locations as follows:

Pikes Peak Cog Railway

Royal Gorge Bridge and Park

Garden of the Gods

Air Force Academy

Olympic Training Center

Peterson AFB Air and Space Museum

WW II vintage aircraft Museum

In the upcoming e-Blasts we’ll provide more details

Still Calling for images 

by Jose Lopez       

Still need images of “Old Timers” in action! “Old Timers” in this case is anyone who shot Film; film and video tape for you mopicers. So far us “Old Timers” are very under represented.

Check out what we’ve done so far with the images we’ve received at this link: http://www.usafcombatcamera.org/3822-2/

Scan or get the images scanned full frame (Slides, Prints, or Negs) at 150 dpi JPeg (jpg); save at max quality (12) and Baseline (“Standard”).

By the way, we need both Horizontal and Vertical Images.

Please provide the 5Ws and, where possible, and who shot it (if you can remember).

Send via Dropbox or e-mail them to me at josepj@earthlink.net or make a CD and send it to P.O. Box 2872, Crestline, CA 92325-2872.

Combat Camera Display at Norton and March Museums; and future museum displays

We have received some wonderful items to include in our museum exhibits at the March Air Museum and the Norton Museum.

BUT!!! We still need more! We need more “tools of our trade” that accurately depict the variety and diversity of our mission and prepare to display in Texas and possibly other locations.

If you have items, and your not sure they are something we would want, send an email to Ken Hackman, kenhackman@att.net and he will let you know if your item/s is something we can use. Send items to Ken Hackman, 3940 Sunswept Drive, Studio City, CA 91604 who will catalog the donations and then get them to Jose Lopez who is our museum curator.

We still need mopic cameras used during Korea and Vietnam and into the late 90s.

We need video cameras, the type use in service, to represent the video shooters.We also need medium format cameras to represent the move between 4×5 and 35mm. Specifically looking for a Graflex XL w/rangefinder and a Rapid Omega 200. We got some backs and lenses for these cameras; and they were actually used by Combat Camera.

Does anyone know what are they using now: both Still and Video?

This Might be of interest to all our members

by Pat Nugent  

The Project Continues

Two years ago we launched our Wall of Heroes project, with the goal of collecting photos of our armed forces members to be honored at our game. We have seen fantastic success and are launching the project for 2016!

We are asking our fans to help by submitting a photo of your hero. This hero can be any family member, friend or acquaintance that wore the cloth of our nation. Click on the link below and upload your photo to be included.

We will be adding the photos we receive this year to those submitted previously, in an ongoing effort to honor to expand our wall with as may heroes as possible. The Wall of Heroes Project will be on display at our game on December 23, inside the Tailgate Outpost in Lot 3 of Amon G. Carter Stadium. Join us to see the mosaic of American heroes that creates the United States Armed Forces.

Submit a Photo of Your Hero By Clicking Here