Bowers, Jesse, Jr., MSgt

Command and Control
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
27670-Aerospace Control and Warning Systems Technician
Current/Last AFSC Group
Command and Control
Primary Unit
1973-1979, 27670, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
27330-Apprentice Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27350-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27350B-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27350A-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27370-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
Service Years
1955 - 1979
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Master Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Combat Crew Air Force Retired US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style) NORAD Command Badge




 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Chapter 1Post 1Chapter 26Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)Air Force Memorial (AFM)
  2004, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA), Chapter 1 (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
  2005, American Legion, Post 1 (Vice President) (Denver, Colorado) - Chap. Page
  2005, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 26 (Colorado Springs, Colorado) - Chap. Page
  2009, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Dept of Colorado (Lakewood, Colorado) - Chap. Page
  2011, Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association - Assoc. Page
  2011, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - Assoc. Page
  2015, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page



 Remembrance Profiles -  11 Airmen Remembered
  • Barnes, Kenneth, Sgt
  • Betts, Jim, SSgt
  • Ennis, Carl, Capt
  • Josef, Richard, Maj
  • King, John, SMSgt
  • Kisgen, Michael, 1st Lt
  • Ponce, Richard, Sgt
  • Schultz, John, CWO3
  • Smith, Anthony, A1C
  • Trotsky, Herbert, Maj

  1972-1973, 27670, Air Defense Command (ADC)
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Technical Sergeant
From Month/Year
June / 1972
To Month/Year
- / 1973
Unit
Air Defense Command (ADC) Unit Page
Rank
Technical Sergeant
AFSC/MOS
27670-Aerospace Control and Warning Systems Technician
Base, Station or City
Colorado Springs
State/Country
Colorado
   
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 Air Defense Command (ADC) Details

Air Defense Command (ADC)

In 1959 Air Defense Command (ADC) established a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-18) was established at Beale AFB.

The SAGE system was a network linking Air Force (and later FAA) General Surveillance Radar stations into a centralized center for Air Defense, intended to provide early warning and response for a Soviet nuclear attack. The Ground Air Transmitting Receiving (GATR) Site (R-18) for communications was located at approximately 1.1 miles souh-southwest from the SAGE building. Normally the GATR site was connected by a pair of buried telephone cables, with a backup connection of dual telephone cables overhead.

DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SFADS), established on 15 February 1959. DC-18 and the SFADS was inactivated on 1 August 1963 as part of an ADC consolidation and reorganization, with its assigned units assigned to other ADC Sectors. The GATR was reassigned to Mill Valley AFS (Z-38) as an annex designated OL-A, 666th Radar Squadron. Today the large SAGE building is now building 2145, housing the 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron; the GATR was inactivated in 1980 and the building is now part of a Skeet-shooting range.


Type
HQ/ Command Element
 
Parent Unit
Major Commands
Strength
Command
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Feb 15, 2023
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Capt Richard Flanagan
MSGT Franklin Williams

Best Moment
NCOIC Synthetic Exercise Branch
NORAD Exercise Control Team

   

Worst Moment
TDY's to Malmstrom AFB Mont

Chain of Command
DSC/Operations

   

Other Memories
Amalgam Hunt Conferences and Exercises

   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
Management Course for Air Force Supervisors Hq 4600 Air Base Wing
63 Members Also There at Same Time
Air Defense Command (ADC)

Spence, Mark, Sgt, (1973-1976) 276 27691 Sergeant
Hartinger, James Vincent, Gen, (1943-1984) 200 2 Major General
Askew, Glenn, Lt Col, (1959-1981) 701 7016 Lieutenant Colonel
Larsen, Roland, Lt Col, (1953-1975) 146 1465Y Lieutenant Colonel
Stokes, R. Kirk, Maj, (1956-1981) 662 6624 Captain
Arnold, Anthony, 2nd Lt, (1969-1975) 106 1065C Second Lieutenant
Koetje, Willard (Bill), CMSgt, (1945-1977) 733 73391 Chief Master Sergeant
Olney, Norman, SMSgt, (1952-1977) 812 81291 Senior Master Sergeant
Clark, Leonard, MSgt, (1955-1976) 431 43190 Master Sergeant
Harris, Joe, MSgt, (1946-1973) 423 423X4 Master Sergeant
Leath, Charles, CMSgt, (1961-1988) 305 30594 Master Sergeant
Tshudy, Pete, MSgt, (1954-1974) 304 30474 Master Sergeant
Farrington, Richard, Maj, (1962-1989) 702 70270 Technical Sergeant
Leath, Charles, CMSgt, (1961-1988) 305 30574C Technical Sergeant
Pence, Wayne, MSgt, (1956-1978) 304 30474 Technical Sergeant
Terrill, James, TSgt, (1954-1974) 305 30574A Technical Sergeant
Wiggins, Donald, SMSgt, (1962-1985) 732 73270 Technical Sergeant
Brock, Stephen, SSgt, (1972-1977) 732 73250 Staff Sergeant
Lee, Paul, MSgt, (1964-1984) 511 51170 Staff Sergeant
Niswonger, Martin, TSgt, (1968-1989) 431 43151C Staff Sergeant
Sutherland, Graham, SSgt, (1966-1974) 301 30151 Staff Sergeant
Brown, Leslie, SMSgt, (1964-2003) 431 43151C Sergeant
La Mont, Lawrence, Sgt, (1969-1973) 304 30454 Sergeant
Niswonger, Martin, TSgt, (1968-1989) 431 43151C Sergeant
Payne, John, Sgt, (1970-1974) 711 71150 Sergeant
Rader, Bill, SMSgt, (1967-1993) 732 73250 Sergeant
Scholl, Lawrence, MSgt, (1971-1995) 811 81150 Sergeant
Strickland, Robert, TSgt, (1966-1988) 645 64550 Sergeant
Tyndall, Bill, Sgt, (1971-1975) 270 27050 Sergeant
Yorker, Mike, Sgt, (1968-1975) 431 43151C Sergeant
Ballsmith, Nick 812 81250 Sergeant
Kenyon, Jr., A1C, (1972-1974) 812 81250 Airman 1st Class
Wright, James, TSgt, (1971-1992) 990 99000 Airman 1st Class
Palmer, William, SSgt, (1972-1993) 462 46230 Airman
Griffiths, Timothy, Capt, (1968-1973) 174 Captain
Bracken, William, SMSgt, (1954-1977) 00 Senior Master Sergeant
Lanning, Earl, SSgt, (1957-1969) 427 Staff Sergeant
Jasse, Steve, Sgt, (1971-1975) 00 Sergeant
Baker, Royal Newman, Lt Gen, (1941-1975) Lieutenant General
Rives, James, Lt Col Lieutenant Colonel
Morain, Richard, Col, (1959-1985) Major
Engelmeier, Robert, Col, (1967-1995) Captain
McIntosh, James, CMSgt, (1959-2001) Master Sergeant
Padgett, James, SMSgt, (1961-1987) Technical Sergeant
Dickinson, Dale, SSgt, (1969-1973) Staff Sergeant
Martin, Justin, MSgt, (1968-1990) Staff Sergeant
Thigpen, James, SSgt, (1968-1976) Staff Sergeant
Clarke, David, Sgt, (1968-1972) Sergeant
Miller, Michael, Maj, (1973-1994) Airman 1st Class
Air Defense (TAC)

LaPine, Larry, MSgt, (1971-1992) 2W 2W1X1F Master Sergeant
Kenagy, Neil, SSgt, (1972-1978) 304 30434 Airman 1st Class
Jackson, Jimmie, MSgt, (1972-1996) 00 Master Sergeant
Headquarters

Ormsby, David, Lt Col, (1958-1981) 641 6416 Lieutenant Colonel
Breland, Homer, CMSgt, (1950-1973) 732 73290 Chief Master Sergeant
Henderson, Jim, SMSgt, (1955-1981) 751 75190 Senior Master Sergeant
Freeman, Paul, MSgt, (1955-1975) 901 90170 Master Sergeant
Zaremba, Gary, Sgt, (1971-1973) 671 67153 Sergeant
Smalley, Erville, SMSgt Senior Master Sergeant
HQ 35th Air Division, SAGE

Wilson, Charles, CMSgt, (1948-1972) 462 46290 Chief Master Sergeant

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