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4080th
STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING |
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4080th
STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING |
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"2008" Reunion Del Rio Texas Between the 22nd to 24th May 2008, members of the 4080th SRW attended their Final Reunion at the Ramada Inn Hotel in Del Rio Texas. Events: Thursday 24th May Registration. "South Of the Border" buffet Speaker: Chris Mayse - Beale AFB Historian - Subject- " The U-2" Friday 25th May Tex- Mex Breakfast Registration The Val Verde County Historical Commission Dedication Ceremony for the Official Texas Historical Marker" Operation Brass Knob" Cuban Over flights at Star Park Del Rio. Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum- "The Inquisitive Angel" Western Buffet Speaker: Major General Gerald Prather. Saturday 26th May Tex- Mex Breakfast Golf at the Leaning Pines Golf Course - LAFB. Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum- " 50 Years of the U-2" Chris Pocock Photos-( Memory Book) Red, White and Blue Dinner Speaker: Major General Stephen M McElroy.
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"South Of the Border" buffet
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The Texas Historical Marker dedication for “Operation Brass Knob,” honouring the entire 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SRW), Laughlin Air Force Base, TX for discovering the Russian missile sites in Cuba which posed a highly significant threat to the USA., took place at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 23rd at Star Park in Del Rio. Four of the six living pilots attended along with family members and over two hundred 4080th SRW members were present as the marker dedication which coincided with their final Reunion in Del Rio.
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Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum
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Red, White and Blue Dinner
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Laughlin Air Force Base U-2 & B-57, The T-33 is at the Commence Centre.
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PICTURES COURTESY OF HARRY MCGILL / RICHARD
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| THESE GUYS WERE UP THERE | ||
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| Eddie Dunagan, Buddy Brown , Pat Holloran. Tony Bevacqua, William J "Greg" Gregory. | ||
| THESE GUYS HELPED TO GET THEM THERE | ||
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B.C.
FOWLER, HARRY
MCGILL, JAMES KING, DAVIS SPARKS, JERRY FOGEL, BOBBY D BLACK,
JIMMY D MANIS, ROBERT N INGRAM .
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| REUNION ATTENDEES | A / B | C | D | |
| TONY BEVACQUA | RICHARD CALLAHAN | MARVIN D De REUS | ||
| BUDDY BROWN | DAVID CHANEY | MARVIN W DOERING | ||
| LINDA BROMLEY | GERALD L CLARK II | JOHN E DORING | ||
| WAYNE BARRETT | BILL COLLIER | JEROME J DUKE | ||
| ROBERT BABCZAK | ROSE COOPER | EDDIE DUNAGAN | ||
| JAMES BALLARD | DAVID L CROLL | RUSSELL EDDINGTON | ||
| DAREID A BAUNSGARD | ||||
| HUGH W BELL | ||||
| NORMAN BEST | ||||
| BOBBIE D BLACK | ||||
| JAMES A BLACK | ||||
| HARVARD BRASSBRIDGE | ||||
| DONALD E BROWN | ||||
| MANDY BROWNBACK | ||||
| E | F | G | H | |
| EDWIN G EMERLING | JERRY FOGEL | ERNEST J GALLAGHER JR | PAT HALLORAN | |
| MORRIS A ENGH | B C FOWLER JR | DONALD GOULART | BUDDY HEMBREE | |
| MRS JAMES F FAGAN | CLARENCE D GREEN | FRANK HADDOCK | ||
| MRS FRANCES FERCH | WILLIAM J GREGORY | ROBERT R HAM JR | ||
| DELORIS GRIFFIN | MRS MARIE HARRISON | |||
| FRANK J HAYES | ||||
| FREDRICK H HIGGINS | ||||
| JOHN N HILLMAN | ||||
| PAUL HINKLE | ||||
| GEORGE T HODGE JR | ||||
| MICHAEL H HOROCHIVSKY | ||||
| JOE G HYDE III | ||||
| I / J / K | L | M | N / O / P | |
| JOHN B INGE | RAY LODIN | HARRY MAGILL | LEWIS C NELSON | |
| ROBERT N INGRAM | CARL A La RUE | VICTOR MILAM | WILLIAM A NEWBY | |
| DAVID L IRELAND | AL LOHSE | GERALD MCILMOYLE | ||
| JAMES S LONG | JAMES D MANIS | |||
| RONALD JOHNSON | FRANKLIN P LUTTRELL | FRED W MARTIN | LESTER T OUGHTON | |
| ALAN JOHNSON | ARNICE D MAULDIN | |||
| STEPHEN MCILMOYLE | ||||
| COZIER KLINE | RICHARD MADDEN | BOB POWELL | ||
| CHARLES KERN | AUBREY G MAHAFFEY | ROBERT PENISTON | ||
| DON MANN | ROBERT M POWELL | |||
| WAYNE MALAER | MICHAEL A PROSSER | |||
| MRS MARY J MARTENS | CHRIS POCOCK | |||
| HARVEY B MARK | ||||
| JAMES WAYNE MAY | ||||
| PHILLIP N McLENA | ||||
| JOHN McNEN | ||||
| TIM McMAHON | ||||
| FRANK D MILLER | ||||
| CHRIS MAYES | ||||
| Q / R / S | T / U / V | W | X / Y / Z | |
| RUSSELL E QUARLES | WILLIAM TURPIN | JOHN W WALL | BUCK A YOUNG | |
| JOHN M QUINN | ROBERT W TESTON | ROBERT J WICK | ROBERT ZINT | |
| DONALD WRIGHT | ||||
| WILLIAM REAY | GORDON E WARNER | |||
| JOSEPH A RUSECKAS | MELVIN B VOSS | |||
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| BILL R WHALEY | ||||
| DAVID R SPARKS | DAN WHITE | |||
| C.HARLES B. STRATTON | LEON G WIESE | |||
| CHARLES W STOKER | DICK WOLFF | |||
| JIMMEY K STEWART | ROBERT WOOD | |||
| CECIL Y SMITH | GEORGE H WORLEY | |||
| PLACIDO SALAZAR | ||||
| ROBERT SCARA | ||||
| PAUL H SCHEERER JR | ||||
| EDWARD P SCHUG | ||||
| GAIL B SCOGGIN | ||||
| MRS WILLIAM J SHUMAN | ||||
| MRS ALBERT L ST JACQUES | ||||
| JOHN STEIN | ||||
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| SHIHCHU YANG ROBERT "GIMO" |
CHANG TI YEH ( ROBERT) |
SHENG HSIUNG TSAI
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