KI Sawyer Heritage Air Museum GUEST BOOK
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| Date | 2013-08-24 |
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| Message | I was stationed at K.I. Sawyer AFB from Feb, 1974 to May, 1975. I was in the 410th SPS squadron as a flight chief in law enforcement. I'm from Oklahoma and had never seen that much snow in my life. I wasn't comfortable with the snow but I learned how to survive in it. My thoughts have always been that the people living in the U.P. are very strong and durable people. Overall I had a good experience there and actually liked it. It was SAC and that was good.  |
| Date | 2013-08-23 |
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| Message | I transferred to the 56th Fighter Wing in May 1961, serving in the 56th CAMRON as an aircraft electrician. In 1962, SAC took over,and the 56th was deactivated and converted to the 62nd F.I.S. I remember one morning working on the flight line at 40 degrees below zero. In 1964 I was released from active duty and served at the K.I.S Base Exchange as a manager until 1967. The primary incident during that time was the Cuban crisis, when we disbursed most of the fighters to alternate bases for the DEFCON 2 alert. It doesn't seem like over 50 years ago. I still vacation in the U.P. from Florida during some summers. |
| Date | 2013-08-12 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | served 1960 to 1963.went to greenland one year.got out.would have stsyed if they would have kept me in sac.was personal survival equept. |
| Date | 2013-08-09 |
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| Message | I came to KI in 1960 from RAF Upper Heyford,Eng.I was discharged in 1962. Loved the hunting and fishing there. Growing up in the hill country of Alabama the UP was like a paradise for me. |
| Date | 2013-08-07 |
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| Message | Hi Everyone, I was stationed at K.I. back in 1969 with the 410th Bomb Wing, 69th Munition Maintenance Squadron.  Great assignment and a lot of great friends. Five of us just got together after 41 years. Wow !! |
| Date | 2013-08-02 |
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| Message | Stationed at k.I. Sawyer from 1989 to 1991 with the 410th OMS as a B-52 H Crew Chief and met my wife at Browns store 22 years ago. We both really miss it. |
| Date | 2013-07-28 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I was stationed at K.I. 2 times, 63-67,71- 76. 644th B/S ,was a gunner,Thought the place was great. Left lots of great friends there. Sure would like to go back for a visit. |
| Date | 2013-07-27 |
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| Message | Stationed at K.I. 64-66, 62nd FIS. Backseater in F-101s. Have been back to the U.P. a few times since my wife is from Negaunee. In a way nothing looks the same at K.I. but if you close your eyes you can picture all that went on during those days. As someone else pointed out, it is like a scene out of "12 O'Clock High". I finally hit 75 this year and never dreamed I would live this long. If Jack Jeranek and Tony Skur are still kicking they are older than I. Jack is in N. Wisconsin and Tony in Fort Wroth, TX. Best of everything to all who were stationed at K.I. "Bless them All, the long, the short and the tall..........." |
| Date | 2013-07-26 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Stationed at K.I March 1961 to November 1965. Chaplain's Assistant along with John Carter and Larry Chappo. Return to the area every year over the past 51 years.  |
| Date | 2013-07-26 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Came to 87th @ Duluth International Airport right out of tech. school in 1970. The following spring, the Squadron moved to K.I. Sawyer AFB. Served as a Jet Engine Mechanic on the F106 at Sawyer until 1974. First visit back came in the fall of 2011. As I stood outside the fence by the engine shop looking at busted out windows in the hangers and weeds growing in the cracks on the tarmak, I could almost hear F106 engines running up and see F106s taxing to the runway. I felt like the clerk in the movie "12 O Clock High" as he stood on the abandoned runway and remembered his past experiences. It all came back. Like it was yesterday. When you remember what the base was like, it is hard to see what it has become. Still, the only constant is change. Hopefully, Sawyer will live on. I have good memories of my stint there. The 87th FIS and K.I. Sawyer AFB will always be a part of me. Just as it will in every vet who served there. Best of Luck to All! |
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