A website for those who served/are serving in Combat Camera, AAVS, 600th Photo Sq. and 601st Photo Flt.
Donating to the USAF Combat Camera Memorial Bench Fund and paying your Registration Fees for the USAF Combat Camera Reunion/Rendezvous has just gotten a whole lot easier! We’ve now added the ability to do both using PayPal and you can use the service even if you don’t have your own PayPal account. Payments may be Read More …
Make Your Escape to the Radisson Hotel Ontario Airport for our reunion Boasting an unbeatable location less than one mile from Ontario International Airport and directly across from the Ontario Convention Center, the Radisson Hotel Ontario Airport is perfectly suited for your business or leisure trip.Be sure to take advantage of easy access to premium Read More …
by Ken Hackman Thank you; thank you to everyone who has already donated to our Memorial Bench project. We are definitely going to have a bench at the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH. Since AAVS and Combat Camera people have never been shy or reticent about our professionalism in documenting the Read More …
Past, Present and Future The men and women of AAVS & Combat Camera, many times serving in harms way, provided an audio & visual record of Air Force history since its designation as a separate service to the present time. At the Air Force Museum, Air Force units that want to highlight their contribution to Read More …
by Larry Waddy 601st Combat Photo Flight at Tan Son Nhut, AB, Saigon, Republic of Viet Nam When stories are told of heroes brave and true, Who answered the call, we must stand tall and salute James Howard Alley, the man, the son, the brother Lost in battle, risked his life trying to save another. Read More …
Tom Harmon, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday morning, Feb. 22, 2014. He was a long time member of the AAVS community and retired out of Norton many years ago. After that he did some free lance work in aerial camera work for “Top Gun” and also “Flight of the Intruder”. For the Read More …
We are sad to report that one of our members, Ray Borders, a who flew 67 combat missions in Vietnam, passed on January 27th 2014 in Las Vegas, NV after a brief illness. We are attempting to get more biographical information from his family and will post it when we receive it.
An interview with Pat Knowles, SMSgt, USAF Retired, on his career with Aerospace Audiovisual Service/Combat Camera, during the 2013 Combat Camera reunion in Dayton, Ohio.
William Joseph Baker, age 80, of Arcadia, died Thursday evening December 26, 2013 at West Shore Medical Center. He was born March 21, 1933 in Rockford, Illinois, the son of the late John Roscoe and Edith Minnie (McCabe) Baker. He graduated from Bear Lake High School in the Class of 1951. On January 21, 1954, Read More …
Alan Dennis Curtis was born on July 13, 1948 and joined the Armed Forces while in Woonsocket, RI. He served in the Air Force. In 1 year of service he attained the rank of A1C/E3. On December 6, 1969, at the age of 21, he perished in the service of our country in Phu Cat, Binh Read More …
by Armando Salinas It was the summer of 1966. Along with dozens of other eager, fresh-faced 3rd Class Airmen right out of basic training at Lackland AFB, TX, we were attending Basic Motion Picture School at Orlando AFB, FL. As a Mexican-American growing up in the west side of San Antonio, I had very limited Read More …
Past, Present and Future The men and women of AAVS & Combat Camera, many times serving in harms way, provided an audio & visual record of Air Force history since its designation as a separate service to the present time. At the Air Force Museum, Air Force units that want to highlight their contribution to Read More …
by Steve Hock Many of our friends and acquaintances think that being an Air Force photographer was a pretty “safe” job, and for the most part it was. “Grip and Grins”, newsy base newspaper shots, and creating slide briefings don’t sound particularly hazardous. However for some of us flying there were times of very real Read More …
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Dear friends, Thanks to all of you for making the Dayton reunion special. Although our numbers were down, I can’t remember a more convivial group. For that reason alone it was memorable get-together. As I mentioned I would share what I remembered we discussed at our meeting. Please feel free to come back to me Read More …
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Joe Ramirez will be unable to provide shuttle service from the airport. I will be driving in on the 18th. Anyone who needs a ride, to avoid paying he $40.00 taxi fee, call me on my cell 818-497-4882. Another option is to rent a car, using AARP, AAA, Costco. I checked their rates and found Read More …
An interview with Stanley Miedich, Major, USAF Retired, on his career with Aerospace Audiovisual Service/Combat Camera, during the 2012 Combat Camera reunion in Charleston, SC.
Hey folks, apparently there was a screw up. Probably on my side, but I booked a room with a Queen bed and I need two doubles. Is there anyone who may have booked a double and needs a Queen? If so, please contact me ASAP @ 256-656-6981 – Mahalo, Bertram Mau
For those interested in following the 2d Combat Camera Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, I have provided a couple of links below to their Facebook and Flickr site. We have some amazing folks doing a great job of continuing to tell the Air Force story through photos, videos and the written word. Check it Read More …