KI Sawyer Heritage Air Museum GUEST BOOK
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| Date | 2016-06-20 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I was assigned to the 410 FMS Corrosion Control Phase Dock from 1972-75. The base was great if you had a snowmobile in the winter. We loved the local for the closeness to Canada and the many parks. Beautiful area. Probably the most frustrating assignment I had in a 30 year career. Trying to wash and phase a B-52 or a KC-135 in two days or a day and a half was a ridiculous effort. I can count on one hand the number of successful phases we got graded on by QC. The immensity of the aircraft and the QC baseline ensured an "unsat" pretty much every time. That was a real morale buster for the crew chiefs and corrosion specialists assigned. One point that was really a head scratcher was scheduling a phase a month or two after the aircraft had just returned from a PDM facility with a complete going over and new paint job. We had to remove all the panels which had been newly sealed at the PDM after their inspection. An absolute waste of money and time. But that was SAC way back when. A great team that busted their butts every phase with little to show for it. I was glad to leave after 3 years of frustration. |
| Date | 2016-06-05 |
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| Message | I was assigned to the 62nd FIS at K.I. Sawyer in Nov. 1963. IN January SAC assumed command and I was reassigned to the KC-135A Tanker Squadron. We were sent to Wurtsmith AFB for cross training on the KC-135. Following the cross training I spent the next three years going TDY to SE Asia aproximatley every 90 days. I met some interesting people and had a wonderful time (even though I did not know it at the time). Sawyer was not the vacation spot of the world, but it was a great place to be. Even with all of the snow. Life was much simpler back in the 60's, we always joked later in life about saying the heck with the rat race and moving back to the UP and enjoying life. From a former Upper now living in FL. |
| Date | 2016-06-05 |
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| Message | I was assigned to the 62nd FIS at K.I. Sawyer in Nov. 1963. IN January SAC assumed command and I was reassigned to the KC-135A Tanker Squadron. We were sent to Wurtsmith AFB for cross training on the KC-135. Following the cross training I spent the next three years going TDY to SE Asia aproximatley every 90 days. I met some interesting people and had a wonderful time (even though I did not know it at the time). Sawyer was not the vacation spot of the world, but it was a great place to be. Even with all of the snow. |
| Date | 2016-05-31 |
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| Message | My brother Jay Galineau was one of the airmen that lost his life at Dyess AFB in Texas on January 31st. 1989. It was not January 1st. Sorry for the correction but it's a day I will never forget. |
| Date | 2016-05-15 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I was at KI from 01/1971 till 04/1974. I was a Corpsman with the 806th Med Grp (USAF Hosp) and worked in the emergency room evenings/nights. I lived in Marquette on Lincoln Avenue with my roommate Dale D. Duquette (aka,"DDD" . Our downstairs neighbors were Jim Kelley and Art Voss (among others) who were Security Policemen working in Law Enforcement. KI was a fabulous assignment! I was there for the bomb placed in the fuel storage tank and the guys from the base that died in car accidents on 553. My first winter we had 268" of snow! I was challenged every day. I loved my work and time there and I have often thought about KI and the people that I served with and just how important my experiences there were to my future. |
Private Message added 2016-04-28 |
| Date | 2016-04-26 |
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| Message | Dad was a MSGT working on B52s doing their missions to Vietnam from 1970 to 1972. Me and my sisters as kids loved the area. There were a lot of neighborhood friends to play with, exploring the woods, picking blueberries and swimming in the lake. But poor Daddy (being from TX) did not like being on the flight line in the dead of winter. My sisters and I have fond memories of growing up there and our friends, who we still remember and speak of from time to time. |
| Date | 2016-04-10 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Was 410th FMS jet engine mechanic 1966 to Nov.69. lived 113 Caribou at back of housing. Road turned to sand and went straight to base dump. Had a big bear come to visit, stood right up on the picture window wanting to get in. Sp's came scared him away. Froze our ass off till the snow covered 3/4 way up the house. Lots of memories, but don't miss the snow and cold a bit. Sunny Arizona for me since 75. Retired in 86, worked another 20 plus civil service, retired again 2008. Any others out there from the engine shop? |
| Date | 2016-04-01 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Twenty-one year veteran of USAF. Spent a brief TDY at KI Sawyer in 1983 to assist in bomber maintenance backlog. Served in other notable organizations such as: 5th FIS, Minot; 32TFS, Soesterberg; and 305th ARW, Grissom. Loved my time and experience in the UP so well I came back to live permanently in Marquette. |
| Date | 2016-03-21 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Pharmacy OIC from 77-80. One great memorable chunk of life. Great friends on the Hospital squadron base champ softball team. Charlie Moss, Kerry Harris, Dave Nostrant, Wally Mueller, to name a few. Fishing, hiking, snow camping, cross country skiing!! the best. Hope to get back soon to rekindle memories. |
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