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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by CMSgt Don Skinner - Deceased
Best Moment Being selected to go to Lackland AFB, TX to act as Subject Matter Specialist to write 30353 and 30373 SKTs.
Chain of Command 1st Combat Evaluation Group reported to Hq SAC
Other Memories I was sent to Barksdale when 10th RBS Sq at Carswell AFB closed. My first position was as Technical Order NCOIC on the QC Inspection Team. This was soon given to another person, and I became the team radar maintenance inspector. THe 1st CEG was responsible for approximately 10-12 RBS sites across the U.S., and our team visited each one at least twice each year. This was a real inspection in that if we found discrepancies, we were obliged to suggest a cure. In many cases, this meant extending one or more personnel's time at the site to insure adherence to policy. I have been left more than once to assist ( and I mean hands-on) site personnel in bringing radar systems up to spec.. I also was responsible for the installation and overseeing of the first two MPQ-T6 SAM training radars. These were used to train SAC air crews on ECM methods to deal with SAMs. By August 1967, the unit had deployed at least 7 ground-directed bombing radar systems to Vietnam. I was asked to volunteer to go to Vietnam and act as consultant and chief of maintenance practices for these radar sites. I agreed, and departed Barksdale AFB for Vietnam in September 1967.
