KI Sawyer Heritage Air Museum GUEST BOOK
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| Date | 2018-06-06 |
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| Message | Station there in 87FIS 1977 to 1981. Best assignment in my career. Reason I stayed Air Force. Retired Chief in 1999. Delivered first 14 B-2 Bombers from Palmdale CA to Whitman AFB. |
| Date | 2018-06-01 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Air Force brat. Step-father, Andrew Dunn, was stationed at the hospital. Mother, Terry Dunn, was a civilian nurse there. We were there from 1968-1971. I was in some 7th, all 8th and part 9th grades. I have many, many fond memories of the area and school friends. |
| Date | 2018-05-30 |
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| Message | Assigned to 62nd FIS, Sept. 62 to Jan. 66. F101 AFCS. A lot of information on this site. Took the Lake Superior circle tour in 2005 and stopped at the old base. |
| Date | 2018-05-29 |
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| Message | I was second officer to report to the 62nd FIS when KISawyer was not operational yet. No runways or airplanes were there. I walked in to the squadron building and up to the only person i saw. He was in jeans and a sweatshirt. I casually said " 'm looking for the CO ". He turned to me and said " I'm Col McNeff". As a fresh 2nd Lt I was caught completely off guard by his casualness . Had to rent an apartment in Guinn since no base housing was ready yet. When the pilots arrives, I got real lucky and was paired with Clyde Dishong. I live in Loveland, Colorado |
| Date | 2018-05-21 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | dental officer July of '61 to July "64 and loved every day I was there. Happy hour with wife and pals at the OC. Blueberries,watching planes from the control tower,fishing at Big Shag Lake,son born at base hosp-Wally Pearson was ob.... Lived on Falcon ST next to Ron Kloster and Phil Secules Another pal was Tom Fox across the st from us. Regret not staying in USAF for career. Nicest people and we all looked out for each other. |
| Date | 2018-05-13 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | Sorry about this but I forgot to put the email address in the public spot. Planning to be at the reunion this Aug and hoping to see a lot of the old timers of the 87th FIS. I was the Commander's Secretary until I was transferred over to the SAC side of the house in DO. When the base closed, I was sent to Tinker AFB and thought I was going to work with aircraft folks but I had a rude awakening, it was completely different. I finally transferred to Eglin AFB FL (my hometown) and Ski followed. I retired 9 Jan 2009 with 36 yrs. I really miss KI Sawyer but have met a lot of folks from KI here in Navarre/Ft Walton Beach, small world. I keep in contact with Lela Murphy, Anne Curtice, Kevin from the 410th, Laura Neason, Maj Greeley, Jerry Murphy, Van AlStyne, Norm/Char Winner and Virginia/Tom O'Grodnick. Would like to hear from some others. Marge Nielsen passed away I was told. Hoping to see you all on the third of Aug. Take care and be safe on the roads. Shirley Javoroski - 7672 Marthas Way, Navarre FL 32566 PH: 850-936-6591  |
| Date | 2018-05-13 |
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| Message | Planning to be at the reunion this Aug and hoping to see a lot of the old timers of the 87th FIS. I was the Commander's Secretary until I was transferred over to the SAC side of the house in DO. When the base closed, I was sent to Tinker AFB and thought I was going to work with aircraft folks but I had a rude awakening, it was completely different. I finally transferred to Eglin AFB FL (my hometown) and Ski followed. I retired 9 Jan 2009 with 36 yrs. I really miss KI Sawyer but have met a lot of folks from KI here in Navarre/Ft Walton Beach, small world. I keep in contact with Lela Murphy, Anne Curtice, Kevin from the 410th, Laura Neason, Maj Greeley, Jerry Murphy, Van AlStyne, Norm/Char Winner and Virginia/Tom O'Grodnick. Would like to hear from some others. Marge Nielsen passed away I was told. Hoping to see you all on the third of Aug. Take care and be safe on the roads. Shirley Javoroski - 7672 Marthas Way, Navarre FL 32566 PH: 850-936-6591 |
| Date | 2018-05-03 |
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| PUBLIC email address | Mesquite |
| Message | After 33 years I recently visited northern Michigan. Geoff Smith, former USAF and "marvelous tour guide" gave me a tour of the base (I was there in 1978-1980)and the museum. It brought tears and smiles to my face and heart. It is a wonderful museum and we all must support it. Anyone who was stationed or worked on the base know how special those times were. I plan to do regular giving and hope others will consider the same. Thank you so much for the tour, the visit and sharing. susie |
| Date | 2018-05-03 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | I was at KISAFB April 1966 to March 1968 in 410th Supply POL. I don't remember many names except for Al Singer from New jersey, Fritz, Snyder, Jim Beam, Jim Baglin, and Ocasio. Hung out at the Roosevelt bar sometimes. Hope to visit someday. Left KI for Mactan Island in the Philippines south of Clark AFB. |
| Date | 2018-04-13 |
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| PUBLIC email address | [email protected] |
| Message | My Dad (MSgt Michael Nehila) was stationed out at KIS between 1972-1976. He was a crew chief for the 87th FIS. I don’t know what bird he was assigned to but we have a picture of him by the “City of Marquette” F-106. He was also up at Duluth (11th FIS) and McCord AFB’s (318th FIS). Reading up on the 11th FIS, it got moved from Duluth up to KIS in 1971. He retired from the Air Force after 20 years and we moved from Michigan to Washington State where he got hired on at the Boeing Co. and did 22 years with them before he retired. Unfortunately my Dad passed away some 14 years ago but I loved seeing the airplanes and building models of the F-106. His passion for airplanes wore off on me and I currently work for Boeing on the 737. I was an Air Force kid but I remember the UP fondly. The cold and the snow stood out. I learned to use a snow blower before a lawn mower. We lived in Gwinn and I remember the big trek as a kid to go to Marquette. Marquette had the only McDonald’s as I remember (fast food wasn’t a staple as it is today). I remember the F-106 sonic booms, the KC-135’s and B-52’s roaring overhead. I remember learning to drive a manual at 12 years old on the back roads in Michigan because there was no one on them. I look back on my time there as a kid and it was a much simpler time indeed. |
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