Slusser, John, SMSgt

I'm retired with the exception of being a partner in a small R&D company, FSNC, LLC.  www.fsnc.com . I retired from Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon in 1998 as Engineering Specialist and Member of the Technical Staff, primarily working for the old Division 28 (Field Support) supporting Radar Systems Group and later CX (Field Support) supporting the Maverick Missile.  I was a Tech Rep for Hughes with US Customs Air Operations from 1980 until 1987. I supported the drug interdiction program Cessna Citation-I radar and later, flew with the P-3 Orion, supporing the Hughes F-15 Radar which had been modified for drug traffic interception. 

The remainder of my time with Hughes, I was a "MavericK", supporting the AGM-65 Air to Ground Missile at the Ogden Depot and at Chambersburgh, PA depot.  The highlight of my Maverick tour was a two year technical support contract with the Spanish Air Force at Zaragoza from 92 until 94.

My Amateur Radio call is WD7F. Whisky Delta Seven Foxtrot  Check it out on www.wd7f.com  I am a member of the Southern Arizona DX Association and here's the link:  www.sadxa.org

I'm a member of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Association http://www.12tfw.org/ and I have posted many pictures on my RVN-66 Website  www.wd7f.com/rvn66.htm . You can find a few "war stories" that I provided to this group as well.

The 51st FIW made a mass exodus in December 1964, when a record number of personnel traveled back to the states on reassignment.  I recently received two PDF files from SSgt Curt Oberg.  They are scans of the Outpost Newspaper, one of the December port calls and the other is the orders changing the DEROS of the 51st A&E personnel.  Check them out if you are interested.

http://www.wd7f.com/TWS/NahaDec64PortCalls_0001.pdf
http://www.wd7f.com/TWS/NahaDEROSchangeorders64.pdf

To download a 479th Field Maintenance Squadron yearbook from 1969, provided to me by CMSgt Bob Ross, click here: http://www.wd7f.com/479thFMS.htm

You can see some Hughes/Raytheon Mavericks here: http://www.wd7f.com/Mavericks.htm

Here are a few of the Tucson US Customs Air Ops old timers:  http://www.wd7f.com/customslunch.htm