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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by CMSgt Don Skinner - Deceased
Best Moment When I was selected to take a three-man detachment downrange to Appalachicola (Cape San Blas) and set up a radar system to track and monitor a new missile system that was being developed.
Worst Moment When I returned from Keesler AFB and found I was no longer assigned to site A-3 but rather A-5. This was a site equipped with the new radar system I hoped I was going to school for.
Chain of Command Air Proving Ground Command was eliminated, I think, and we were part of the AF Armament Center under Test Group.
Other Memories After working at site A-5 for a month or so, I was chosen to take one of the new radars and set up a tracking station out of Port St. Joe, FL. (Cape Can Blas). We established the system, and waited to monitor weeklt runs. The radar was equipped with telescope on antenna, movie cameras, and telemetry gear. After each mission, I would collect all the data and drive to Eglin AFB and turn it over to the Analysis Lab. This TDY kept being extended until in March 1959, I was assigned to a Matador missile unit in Germany.
