November 2, 2019 Reunion Pictures
November 2, 2019 – Tour of the 1st Combat Camera Squadron and downtown Charleston, SC. – Photography by Lance Cheung
November 1, 2019 Reunion Pictures
Pictures from our 2019 reunion at Charleston, South Carolina. November 1, 2019 – During our 2019 Combat Camera Reunion our group attended the parade ceremony at the The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, a public college in Charleston, SC, on Nov 1, 2019. Providing the music was The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes. Read More …
2019 Reunion Gallery
Pictures from our current reunion going on at Charleston, SC. Check back as we’ll be adding new pictures daily till the reunion is over and update this gallery. November 1, 2019 Photos During our 2019 Combat Camera Reunion our group attended the parade ceremony at the The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, a Read More …
Jimmy W. Boone Obituary
Mamou, LA – Funeral Services were held at 2:30 PM at Ardoin’s Funeral Home of Mamou on Monday, October 7, 2019, for Jimmy Wayne Boone, 45, who passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 in Lafayette, LA. Burial took place in the Protestant Cemetery in Mamou. Jimmy Wayne Boone was born in Eunice, LA on Read More …
How about sponsoring an Airman to this year’s Reunion Banquet?
We do have several local Airmen participating in the workshop who may not be able to afford the banquet. If you’d like to sponsor an Airman
Only Time for One Event?
If you can only make it to one event, the Icebreaker on the 31st is $55.00 per person and the Banquet and Workshop Awards event on the 2nd is $75.00 per person. This is great for our local Charleston folks who can’t commit to the whole four day agenda. It seems we do have a Read More …
Looking for info on Eugene Oswald Blakely
This is Ken Marifke from the 600th Photo Sq. and AAVS reunion. I worked in Mopic Lab in 67-June 69-Orlando AFB, June 69 to Jan70-Norton AFB, was at Jan 70 to Jan 71 DaNang and Tan Son Nhut AB in 1970. We been talking with Judy, my other half that was at the reunion in Read More …
PROFILE: E. DALE BOGGIE, Colonel, USAF, Retired
I was born in Portland, Oregon on 22 August 1930 simply because that was the nearest hospital from where my parents were working in a lumber camp across the Columbia River in Washington State. The only way in and out of the big camp was by train which hauled the huge logs out.
Life Lessons
Two outstanding videos from the recent DoD Visual Storytelling Workshop that they were gracious enough to allow us to share. The first is from our own Ken Hackman and the second is the Navy’s Chip Maury! Click on the post to view the videos!
PROFILE: Doug Wood
by Ken Hackman My friend Doug Wood would have been a perfect subject for the Readers Digest column; “The Most Unforgettable Character I have ever met”. A native Californian, he was born on December 4, 1922 in Long Beach, CA. His parents were Charles Orson Wood, a butcher, born in New York and Grace May Read More …
Combat Camera e-Blast Notes!
LOOKING for “LOST” Members Many member dropped from our mailing list after they retired from places they worked at and have not updated their e-Mail addresses with us. Please pass the word around that if someone has not received the e-Blast to contact the Editor at: josepj@earthlink.net. AAVS/Combat Camera Images It seems we’ve run out Read More …
President’s Message…
The board of officers held a Teleconference July 3rd. Topics discussed were our annual reunion update, social media improvements, and Airman Heritage Museum progress. Attendance for the reunion is starting to build and we encourage you to get registered as soon as you practically can so we can project the activities we want to offer Read More …
My Korat Arrival – May 1971
by Steve Hock After finishing Jungle School it Clark AB, PI, I departed for Korat on about 4 May 1971. Departure was on a World Airways contract flight leaving around 0500 with a flight time of about 3+ hours, putting us into Don Muang Airport (Bangkok, Thailand) sometime around 0830. We were all told to Read More …
New Gallery: Aerials of 600th PS & 601st PF Units
We’ve added 17 aerials from Ken Hackmans collection of the 600th Photo Squadron and 601st Photo Flight Units. If you have photos of other units or different that those here that you’d like to share with the website email them to webmaster@usafcombatcamera.org. Click here to view the full gallery!
New Website Feature: Stories
By Ken Hackman We have added a new section here on our website called Stories at usafcombatcamera.org. What and Why are PROFILES? I will address the WHY first: I personally have known and worked with many fellow combat camera people whose accomplishments in APS/APCS/AAVS and AirCCS are notable and should be documented and not fade Read More …
PROFILE: James D. Elmer, Col., USAF Retired
Born in 1934 in Richland Center, Wisconsin James “Jim” DeElton Elmer recalls hearing about the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Standing outdoors waiting for his second sister to be born he heard a “boom, boom, boom” and thought they were being attacked by the Japanese. He feels this may have unconsciously influenced his later Read More …
John Moseley Obituary
John Winston Moseley (Lt.Col., USAF Ret) (September 9, 1955 – October 25, 2011) John Winston Moseley (Lt. Col., USAF Ret), passed away on October 25, 2011 at the age of 56. Colonel Moseley was preceded in death by his father, Lt. Col. (Ret) Wendell F. Moseley and his mother, Frances G. Moseley. John is survived Read More …
Doug Wood Obituary
George Douglas Wood, 87, Phelan, CA passed away on December 12, 2009 in hospital in Los Angeles after a long illness from kidney failure caused by earlier cancer treatments. He was born in Long Beach, CA on December 4, 1922, son of the late Charles and Grace May (Bridgford) Wood. His wife of 35 years, Read More …
Richard T. Stevens Obituary
Richard Townsend Stevens, Capt., USAF Member Directors Guild Of America and University of Denver Graduate, Class of 1969 It is with great sadness that I notify you of the passing of Richard T. Stevens. Richard passed away due to illness on February 19, 2019. Beloved husband of Harriet Katz-Stevens for 25 years, there were no children Read More …
Doug Lay Obituary
Doug Lay, SMSgt (ret) – July 1, 1949 – April 17, 2019 With a heavy heart we must inform you of the passing of Mr. Doug Lay. Services will be held April 26, 2019 at Lindquist Mortuary. Layton, UT 84040 at 2 pm. Visitation proceeding service 12:45 – 1:45. Per Doug’s request, he will be Read More …
Looking for help!!!
Ken Hackman has asked us to share these photos with the group for help in identifying the years they were shot. If you know, please comment on the individual photo by clicking on it! We’re not necessarily looking for names.
Photo Memory from Duan Goss
Knowing the history of this once thriving complex and the talent that roamed the hallways and inspired the masses, I’d like to share this photo with the membership. This was presented to me upon my discharge September, 1978. It is one of my most valued possessions and I have treasured it for over forty years. Read More …
San Bernardino marks 25 years since closing of Norton Air Force Base, eyes future
Past investments to support air cargo activity at San Bernardino International Airport started paying off in earnest three years ago. By BRIAN WHITEHEAD | bwhitehead@scng.com and JACK KATZANEK | jkatzanek@scng.com | San Bernardino Sun Like many in San Bernardino, Michael Burrows has an emotional connection to the former Norton Air Force Base. It was there, in the eastern part of town, Read More …
Jay M. Sedlik’s daughter shares a story from her dad
By Sheri Sedlik Margolis Something interesting happened when someone reached out to me recently and I thought you would want to share this story about my dad and someone who served with him in Vietnam. My Dad, USAF Lt. Col. Jay Sedlik, was a pretty amazing guy. Recently, Richard Ouzts, a son of a man Read More …