4080th

 STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING

 

"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.

 

 

 

 

 

"South Of the Border" buffet

 

 
 
 

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.

 

     
     
 

Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum

 

 

 

Red, White and Blue Dinner

 

 

Laughlin Air Force Base  U-2 & B-57,  The T-33 is at the Commence Centre.

 

 

MORE REUNION PHOTOS.

 

 

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 GLENN MAHAFFEY ROBERT PENISTON
DON MANN ROBERT  M POWELL
WAYNE MALAER MICHAEL A PROSSER
MRS MARY JANE 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 JAMES S WEMPLE  
  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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