I'd just like to say "Welcome" to all the group members who vist this site. We are trying to put together a web presentation here that will promote group communications and will provide useful and interesting information. Your comments are invited.
I want to thank CMSgt. Ted Zambos for undertaking the enormous task of this Web Site. If all that sign in would take the time to add something of interest this will be an ongoing history of the 4000th Support Group and those that served with the "BEST"!
I'm glad to see a web page for us 4 Granders. It looks good and am sure you will make it even better as time and information becomes available.
Wow! Some of the names listed in the missing section sure does bring back memories. Can't say that I miss the winters, but do I miss some of the people.
What an awesome web site. The hard work and dedication that the "4 Granders" had had is apparent in what I see in this web site. I am proud to be the daughter of one of these dedicated individuals!
Hello ,and how are you.Doing fine.Send me some mail sometime. Thanks Norm.
A great site. Thanks to those who have contributed and are working on this site. Two days ago I watched John Glenn's return to space from a vantage point near the Cape and now this. It's a great world! E-mail me and I'll reply.Thanks
I'm impressed. You guys have done great work!
Web page looks great. I have bookmarked it for continued observation.
Enjoyed the web page and seeing all the name of old friends.
Great web-site. It's going to be bookmarked and viewed often. By the way; former members of DMSP have been invited to join an organization called "Association of Air Force Missileers." I joined a couple of months ago, and their newsletter is good.
Thanks for taking the time Ted.
Hi Ted, what a great job! I just checked out your "missing" page. I know where Rich Burek is. The last place I saw him was in Colorado Springs, he works for OAO. If someone out there wants his email address have them contact me. CUL mike
I am quite proud of the fact that I was one of the first 3 members of Det 1, (FAIR) and am quite proud of you guys doing all this to keep the 4 Granders informed of all the goings on. I only hope that we can get some of the FAIR guys interested enough to
Terrific job Ted and Bob, Ted for getting this site together and Bob for getting everyone back together and on line. Keep up the good work. This is Nov 4 and we have snow flakes flying.
I want to bring up reunion 2 EVERYONE'S help is needed for planning, Get INVOLVED and VOLUNTEER for the planning commitee.Time is passing and something needs done.
Great site! Count Iris and I in for a reunion. We're looking forward to seeing old friends.
Great idea and job on setting up this website for the Det. For those of you that couldn't attend our first reunion..hope to see you at reunion #2. Many, many thanks goes out to Don McConnell for getting everything off the ground. An old telecommunicat
Great WEB page! I enjoyed the first reunion and hope more will be able to attend the next one. It was great seeing all everyone and remembering the good old days. Take care of yourselves. Mike
WOW! What a site! Hey all you folks that are interested in Reunion 2 need to get a move on! Dad (Don McConnell) put ALOT of time in to make the first one happen, and for #2, someone else needs to take the ball and run with it. Some of the people in the Sp
I was really surprised to hear from Don about trying to get everyone together. By the way I happen to know where Zambos had his secret Fishing Spot in Me.
Heard this was coming (McConnell) Great Job Ted,what took you so long,lots of good memories here.
Miss Maine a lot dont miss the snow a bit Can be reached by phone 785 632 5071 talk to my machine if Im not there Have retired again and plan to do some traveling so keep your doors locked if you dont to see me.
Sorry I missed the reunion. Glad eveyone had a good time. You have my E-Mail address, here is my address and phone #. 1127 Connection St, Shelton, WA 98584-1814. Phone 360-427-5583.
Sure did a swell job. Still up here in Presque Isle. Nice to see so many old names on the net. Will try to keepin touch.
The web site looks great! As one of the last members of the squadron I missed a lot, the unit was filled with some great people and wonderful tradition. I was just happy to be a part of it. Look forward to seeing everyone in 2000. Adrian
I haven't heard or seen any of these names for a long time. It brought back a lot of memories. I live less than two miles from the site and it hurts to remember what it once was and what it is now.
Got to the 4grand web site....FANTASTIC JOB !!!! (Ted can have the night off during the next pass !!!)
Ted you did it again ! Don the B.O.B. you did one hell of a job on reunion #1. I'm glad I could help a little. I'm around to help on #2.
I've got to say I'm impressed with the Web site and all the people who put forth major efforts to get the reunion to happen, especially Don (BOB). Wanted to be there, but circumstances prevented it. Will hope to be at the next one. Stay in touch everyo
It's been a long time since my retirement ceremony in the day room 25 years ago and I must confess that I've thought of you often, and now I'm back in the fold. Glad to be back.
Nice web site. I a few of the old heads are still with us. I retired twice the second time 1997. I hope to you at next reunion. Jerry
I wanted to let you know that you did great on the page. Good to see some that I still remember. Hope to be at the next reunion if schedule allows.
Commendations, Ted. The "4 GRAND" is more like "4 Billion". I am sorry I took so long to let you know the pleasure you have given with your sweat. Sure hope I can see you in 2K. Crazy Eight Forever more.
Congrats on the great web page. The group has always been special to me. Thanks to Jack Belfry for helping me get back in touch.
This has been a great visit. I'll be in here many more times looking for the names and faces of old friends. Thanks from all of us to Don and Ted. Let's help'em keep the site growing.
Really enjoyed looking through the Web Site and seeing all the old faces. Great job. I'm retired again from the Postal Service. Will make the next reunion. Don
Hello All, Just got back from watching STS-93 blaze a trail into history and the heavens with Colonel Collins, USAF, in Command. First Woman C.O., USAF, & Space. Life is Good!
I have viewed this web page many times and am more impressed with each visit. There are some phenomenal graphics and links. Great Job Dad!!!!!!!!!!
What a terrific job with the graphics. Although I did not get to attend the last reunion shirley and I intend attend this one. Thanks to Bob {Don} for all the work he has put into keeping everyone found updated about the Four Grand. Thanks Ted for all you have done I know it has taken a lot of you time.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IT JUST TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY!!! YOU DID A GREAT JOB MR. ZAMBOS!!!!
Great job Ted. I hope to see you all in September.
Ted, The Site gets better every time I look. Thanks for all the HARD work. Happy Holidays to you and all the 4 Grand folks out there.
We need to have input as to reunion attendence also if you want a cup/hat ordered.E-Mail me please Site is Great Ted with more to come I'm sure.
I was tipped off to your website by Jim Sever. It is excellent and you're to be congratulated on a job well done.
GREAT WEB PAGE...WE WILL ATTEND THE SEPT REUNION ,AND BRING ALL SIXTEEN POUNDS OF 4G PHOTOS AND DINING BROCHURES.. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
Great job. Wish I had known about this Web Page sooner. Mary and I plan to attend the next reunion. It was a challenge matching names to faces. I retired from Det 1, so I see a few old members.
I liked the web site and enjoyed seeing my grandpa, Jack Belfry. I someday wish to follow in his footsteps and join the air force as a pilot.
Hello to all the former 6 SOPS, Det and Group personnel associated with DMSP. As the newest commander of the AF Reserve 6 SOPS located at Schriever AFB, CO - I extend an invitation to visit us at our newest ops center while you are visiting here.
Thanks to George Appia for the call!!! Great looking web site! Lots of names with lots of memories. I'll keep in touch.
Wonderful web site! I have spent all morning going through the various sections. . . .Congratulations on a job well done. Gary was the "token civilian" on site - with American Satellite from 1974-1988.
Very nice site. On active duty I worked with the 50th Ops Group to support the 6SOPS and FSOC. As a member of the USAFR-6SOPS, I am proud to follow in the footsteps of such great individuals, the pioneers of DMSP, who without question set the omnipresent standard for Air Force Space Operations.
Great Web site, thanks so much for all the hard work. I recognize many names and can picture the faces. A great outfit, lots of talent and good people. I miss the times we had together. Some of the best!
I enjoyed the comments regarding my favorite uncle (Lt.Col. Gordon Addy). For those of you who knew him and his first wife Joyce (my mom's twin sister) they were my second parents and I love him dearly. Thanks for the memories.
Nice WEB site, I to do not miss the winters, or the black flies. Cant make the reunion have to go to France for the next 4 months. best luck on the reunion.
Great job! This site has brought back a lot of memories. Thanks.
Great job by Ted and all. Plan to see everyone in Sept.
I feel terrible for taking so long to find this page. Great job! A display of things, places, and names that really tug on you. I do notice a definite East Coast Flavor. Hope to see many of you in September.
Hey Ted This is fabulous! The two times I was stationed there sure brings back some fond memories.
OUTSTANDING web site! Glad Ted took advantage of today's technology kinda reminds me of "Fat Hippo Electronics". Once 4G always 4G.
Ted - You've done a great job with this web site. As the date for our reunion approaches, I've received many calls telling me that they heard about the Sep 2000 reunion from the web site. Jim Wheeler(Former 1000SOG/CC),John Patterson (Former Det 2)and I reviewed 30 years of scrapbooks today looking for items to include in our "Memories" section that will be displayed at the reunion. We are going to have a great time in Colorado Springs next September. Come One, Come all to the 4000th/1000th/6th/DMSP Space Operations Reunion between 7-11 September 2000 in Colorado Springs!
Great page. I've got some more photos from 1985 to 1990 to be scanned. I enjoyed last years reunion and hope to attend the next. Keep up the good work.
Ted, Just checked in on the web site and it has really grown since I last checked in. Great Job. Hope to make the reunion this year. One guy from FAIR will be present. 73
Outstanding site...lots of fond memories. Sever, I'm broke; leave me alone !
This is great!! I would run into CMsgt Bob Herring off & on in Fremont before he passed away awhile back, was still in fast pitch, I really am glad 4G now has a site.
Ted, just looked at the web page....great job...but that is the way you always did things. Hope everything is ok.
Great Web Site!! But I think Det 1 was the best DMSP Site... But then I was there 23 years!
Al and Chuck I got an 8 x 10 of a E Crew's moon shot. So much for Becker's crew control. Great Site. Looking forward to the reunion.
I'm not really sure but I think there's a federal statute forbidding use of the terms "Becker" and "crew control" in the same sentence. Be careful, Mitch!
Hey, It is great that we can have such a wonderfull 4G web site. Very good journey down memory lane. Also a good way to keep in touch with the activities of the "Grand Gang"
I am William Donaldson 's Daughter. And I want to say this site was like walking down memory lane for my dad.I know he will be happy to hear from anyone who remembers him. He will be attending the reuion this year(2000). Thanks,Stephanie
Great Web Site! I'd enjoy hearing from old friends at both Offutt AFB and Loring AFB. I see quite a few old DMSPers around the NOAA facility in Suitland MD.
Great trip down memory lane! Glad to hear the organization lives on. Thanks to Jim Sever for the spot in AF Magazine. Will try to get to the reunion--if I don't have to put on the blue suit that week-end.(please retire my name from the missing list)
Great Web Site - congratulations. I really enjoyed the "memories" of former Det personnel. The AF had a lot up their sleeve, leading up to the Space Age. Dan Walters
Don McConnell, With deepest regret I wish to inform you and all the fellows that I lost my wife Helen on Aug 4,2000. Please forward this letter to all of Det 2 members.
Wow, DMSP has an impressive history. It'd be nice to see more from/about 1000 SOG / 6 SOPS people (like me). I have some pictures if you ever decide to expand. It'd also be nice to see the 4000th reunions become DMSP reunions for all of the generations of DMSPers.
Reunion almost here. There has been a lot of response to it and hope to meet all there. Welcome all former members of the DMSP Keep in touch.
The Det 2 2000 reunion is now History. A Good time was had by all. The next one will be in Laughlin NV 2002. More information follows
I heard about the September 2000 reunion from Maj. Kyle Charles, son of my next-door-neighbor in Colorado Springs, Col. Cecil Charles (USAF Ret.). It was great to see John (Lester J.!) Weber, Gus Gustafson, Jo Carroll, and Jack Belfry again, and to meet present and former members of the Four Grand.
Just spent another enjoyable evening looking around the site. Mitch, Becker and Barclay--Moon Shots--Flamed Broiled Beelf at 20 below--thick spagetti--and Cherry Turnovers--damn--now I'm hungry again! Take care. Chuck S
what a great web site, I thouroughly enjoy reading about my many friends and aquaintenances.I read Jerry Roberts comment, Jerry if you se this I think its hard to say who was best I served at both Dets and know they both were better then Belt Ha Ha.My son Capt Brian Denman was born in the Loring Hospital and his first assignment was in Space Command replacing the computer systems in Cheyenne Mt.I was fortunate to attend the deactivation at Fair.there were a large number of us old guys there. it was a sad occassion but a good time.
Can't beleive another year has gone by. The site is better than ever. Thanks Ted. Happy Holidays to Ted and family, B.O.B.,Jim"s S.& D, and all you FOUR GRAND folks out there.
Here I am on the Coast of Spain and enjoying the weather here. Beats Back in Kansas where I understand is near Zero. I am visiting a Friend and we plan on going to Johannasburg South Africa . After there will go to Merry Olde England for awhile , then back to the States. We are looking forward to the next reunion so hopefully will meet more of the men of the Best Outfit in the USAF. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALL. B.O.B.
I have met Don Mc.Connel for the first time. The occasion was unforgetable. The web site is great. We are writing this on Christmas day 2000 AD. Many thanks Clive
Great Website. I'm still working at the previously closed "Spokane Satellite Tracking Facility."
I thought all of you would be interested in knowing that the latest DMSP satellite was scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 4 West on 01-20-2001. Sort of an "Inauguration Special". Now days the DMSP rides on top of an old Titan II ICBM rather than on the Thors that were used when I was in the program. The Titan II to be used in this launch sat on silo alert at McConnell AFB, KA from 1967-1986. I haven't heard whether the launch went on time or if it was successful.
Great site!! Havent seen some of these names for awhile it brought back a lot of memories Both good and Bad..Mainly the winters. Dont know if Ill make the reunion but Im sure it will be a lot of fun especially if the bunch of us that closed the place make it. Take care all ...Liza out
Ted, The web site looks great. Sometime I may run into you, I've met the kids over the years.
I see on the http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/ web page they mention Fair manning passes. I thought they shut down. Belt Out
Hello All former Members --- Please write me at the following address ---- det2bob@swbell.net --- or det2bob@hotmail.com Need to hear from you Thanks ********* B.O.B. ***********
Sorry to report that the longtime former commander's secretary at Belt, Mrs. Jean Walker, has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home. I will always remember her wry wit and friendship.
Just showing that I have changed my e-mail address. Hope all is great with the troops. ldyoung@starband.net
Hello, fellow four granders, I was just checking in and reading the comments by you all. There is another web site on Loring.that I communicate with also The E-mail address is Loring_AFB@yahoogroups.com if anyone is interested. It is for all people that served at Loring over its life. and on occasion they post pictures of the base as it is today.A lot of the housing has been torn down.It is sad. after I retired in 82, I worked with Jerry Kersey in Topeka Kansas and Lived on the old Forbes AFB,In the officers wherry. It also was so sad, I would walk around the housing area and see it all grown up and just think at how it must have been when the Air Force occupied it.
I just heard from Rudy Almquist reference the 2002 4G reunion in Laughlin Nevada........old heads should contact Rudy just to say hi and let him know your around.His E-MAIL address is ralmquis@tampabay.rr.com
Thanks Jack Belfry...We are assembling the information needed to get the 2002 reunion rolloing. John Let's hear from you.
great web site, thanks Ted. First two reunions were great ,the third will also be great as the people involved are the best. We must get more of us to enjoy.Please help to spread the word.There are many rooms at the Ramada Express and the rates are inexpensive,so invite all interested.Please add a note here if you would like to attend,your attending may convince an old friend to attend.We do not need to make a final head count until early Sep but we must find out how many people are interested in tours or boat rides and transportation between Las Vegas and Laughlin.EitherJohn Rogers or I will provide any information needed.Thanks again Ted,could not have bought a better web site at any price.
Thanks to all for the comments and participation. Sorry to say I no longer have the time for routinely updating this web site. I've removed some of the pages in an effort to streamline and reduce maintenance. I left pages that I felt would require little or no maintenance but would still be enjoyable to members. I will try to keep up with Email address changes so members can continue to locate each other and stay in touch. I did add a page for the 2002 Reunion using info provided by John Rogers. That may help get the word out. Best regards to all you 4-Granders!
Just wondering if guest book postings still work. Regards
This page was sent to me to check out,I produced a film about Loring AFB and the USAF in Maine and I had a chance to visit and film some present day footage at the Blotner site for the videos,after checking out the photos on this site,it is really sad as to the condition the site has fallen into,what a difference from now and looking back on these photos,its ashame.
Just wanted to say, what a great job Ted has been doing. Pat and I missed the first renion and are trying to work out a way to attend the next one. Looking at the web site brings back a lot of great memories. Good luck to you all.
The 4G lost Jean Walker 05/16/02. She was a retired former Commander's secretary with 50 years service to various DOD units including the 4G. She was just a great gal, who will be missed by all who knew her.
Hello to all the formed members of the BEST outfit in the USAF., I was proud to be involved from the start of Det 2 in 1963 through 1969. There are many fond memories about time spent on the hill. After I got my computer in 1997 I started trying to contact former members of Det 2 and was fortunate in locating quite a few of the members. One was CMSgt Ted Zambos. Through his efforts he started this web site which at the time of this writing over 5000 hits have been made. I can't say enough about his efforts in maintaining the web site. With these pages we were able to plan on the first reunion of the Det. We had 24 members that met in Omaha. The 2nd reunion was held in Colorado Springs and I think there were about 250 that attended there. I never got a final count. At this time the 3rd one was planned and will be held in Laughlin NE. Please attend if possible. Details can be obtained at this site. Contact either Capt Almquist or CMSgt Rogers with any further information. I would like to assist but at this time I am legally blind. I would like to hear from all so if you can find time drop me a line or two. Betty and I are hoping to attend the reunion providing my health lets me. Until then our thoughts will be with you all. Thanks once more Ted. MSgt Don McConnell
I don't know what all the admiration for the 4000th is all about. I had the misfortune to inspect the Offutt location, as well as the Fairchild and Lorring locations back in the 70s. What I found was an organization that was so busy slapping itself of the back that it did not have time to comply with basic training and standardizaion requirements that every other SAC unit had to follow. I found that training records were incomplete. (Maybe people were trained, and maybe they weren't. There was incomplete documentation.) Standardization was not objective. My observations were that buddies on the same shifts were certifing that other buddies were competent to do the job. No other unit in SAC would have bought that. The final evidence was that I had an over 60% failure rate when I administered the standard SAC communications security exam to the individuals in the 4000th. It was kind of pitiful. Thank God there was soon a change in command and my boss could say "Hey, let's see what new blood can do in this outfit."
As one who was in the 4G from 1963 to 1977, I can truefully say the advent of the SAC inspections tended to take the spirit out of the group. The SAC bureaucrats may feel they really shaped up Bomb and Missile wings, both of which I also served in, but to the average troop they were as welcome and helpful as a case of the flu, and in most cases just got in the way, until they headed back to HQSAC to their little cubicles.
Let me see if I understand what the Old Sac Inspector was trying to say to us backslappers. When compared to other SAC units (primarily flying wings and missile units) using SAC inspection criteria the 4 G didn’t measure up. Hmmmm……Let’s see. If my memory serves me well the 4 G maintained an operational effectiveness in excess of 99%, (usually 99.99% and often 100%) month in and month out for at least the 14 years I was associated with it. Mind you, we weren’t pretending to do the mission like most of the SAC “warriors”, or playing in simulators where mistakes could be taken back. We were actually performing our mission 24/7/365. If we made a mistake data was lost and there were no “take it backs”. And, to my knowledge, we never had a reportable security incident. Morale was high, even though we were at some of the Air Force’s least desirable locations. In spite of occasional mistakes in record keeping, training was effective. Crewmembers operated their equipment without the “benefit” of checklists. They did it correctly because they understood exactly how their equipment worked and they understood the task at hand. We didn’t measure up? Maybe SAC was measuring the wrong things?
What a great blast from the past! Thanks for helping to keep the DMSP history alive!
I am the proud grandson of CMSgt Michael Donack. Your site has brought back some great memories for my grandfather, thank you. Great Job! http://www11.brinkster.com/cmsgtdonack/home.html
I see on the internet that a new DMSP bird was launched on 10/18/03. It is called OPS 54. Whew, time has really marched on since we handled some of the old ones, such as 0815.
In an earlier message I advised I just didn't have the time to actively maintain this web site. I did say I would keep up on email addresses, etc. I think I have that caught up now and will try to be more timely in future updates. I also reloaded much of the existing content. The ISP computer that hosts this site crashed and corrupted many of the files. They should load O.K. now. Let me know if they don't. Last but not least, Happy Holiday Wishes to all! Check out the new Happy Holiday page.
I am the Staff Sargent manning the PO console in the two Fair Ops pictures. I worked as a PRI and PO at Fair for two years (2/1976 - 2/1978) then transferred to HQ and worked as a Telem Analyst, Tech Training Instructor, then in Engineering where I wrote telemetry analysis programs for launch and early-orbit. I decided to separate instead of getting an overseas assignment and became a programmer for Telos Consulting working on the Ground Station upgrade project. I worked for several other aerospace companies in the Los Angeles area, then moved back to the SF Bay Area which is my home town (Livermore). I am now working at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab on super computer support. My wife Katie (of 31 years) stumbled onto this site and we just spent the last hour looking at all the pages. I still have a bunch of stuff from my 4 Grand days, like the DMSP Handbook and a print of a solar eclipse.
Just paying another visit to an old friend. Happy holidays to everyone and thanks again, Ted.
FAIRCHILD SSTF >>> 5th SCS / then DET1 6 SOPS .... .. 12/90 to 08/92. Most there would remember me, only 5 foot airman around and usually on the Commanders extra duty list. I remember then Lt.Ruff starting on our D crew. Went back to the old site for the first time in 12 years, sad to see it down, but FLAG still flying made me feel good. Havent heard from then MAJOR BRAZO wondering if anyone knows his whereabouts. Comedy FAIR: I remember carrying a stick with me from the ADMIN building to the FSOC, due to the two badgers that harrassed the crews when we walked down to the site and them attacking the SPs (who couldnt shoot them) but I heard later they carried extra rounds they bought at Walmart in case the badgers became a little to poed at us. Hope to hear from you all soon. 73 all.
Thanks again Ted,and would like to see you at this years reunion.It will be in the Gulf Coast area in October.Will provide dates and details later.Please make any comments that may help in our planning.
Have a bit more info on the reunion. Plan on the last weekend in Oct.In Biloxi,Ms, with rooms about 65 per night.I will reserve rooms from Oct 27 thru Oct 31 and you can choose any or all the days.We will have a hospitality room and Friday night get together for a couple of hours for a drink or two and some finger food. Sat night we will have a sit down dinner and general meeting to try to decide on the location for the next reunion.Please help to spreAD The word and keep in mind that the more rooms we reserve the betterour price.I will have more info later.please feel free to comment either here or on my e-mail ralmquis@tampabay.rr.com
Rates for our reunion are $49 on Sun thru Thurs and $69 on Fri & Sat. Tax will be extra, and a free buffet breakfast is included each morning for each registered guest.There is a $15 charge for a 3rd adult and children 17 and younger with an adult are not charged.Please contact me if you wish to attend. I will provide details that each individual may need but can not get all data in the guest book.Phone # is 727 772-1137 and email is ralmquis@tampabay.rr.com Thanks
Just found your site today: GREAT JOB. Any Offutt folks know what ever happened to "General" Walker. E-mail me at lylejene427@aol.com
Thanks Ted for the info regarding this site. I was In Det. 4 8th Weather Squardron at Loring ( 8/67 thru 9/70) It's great to see a web sight like this. Although not a membeer of th Four Grand, I still feel a kinship to others in Blue. Especially those stationed in Northern Maine. Thanks again. Tom Kane
Hello to all my long lost "Amigos"! I had the PRIVILEGE of serving at both LIZA and FAIR. I've also met some of the earlier LIZA folks at TDRSS and I can honestly say that I have met individuals that will never be forgotten! SUPRA ET ULTRA!
Good job please keep it up.
Went to HS in Woomera SA and later worked at Fair. Left the USARF for Ford Aerospace in 1979 and later changed employment to Stanford University where I hve remained these 24 years.
Great Web site bought back some old memories. I was stationed at 1000 SOG from 1983 to 1991.
Anyone heard from Jim Sever or others from our group who lived in the hurricanes path? Email if you have. Brazo lives just outside of Colorado Springs to the East, lat I heard. Retired from there. Hope all are doing fine. Chuck
Great job on the web site. Am pleased to see CMSgt Zambos is still keeping it up.
What an honor to see this website, I current work with the wonderful folks at Colorado Springs at Schriever who currently take passes with DMSP at the Air Force Reserve Squadron who is currently under Lt.Col Mark Husted's command. I also used to work at Offutt AFB with the 6SOPS there before they turned it over to NOAA. I currently work at NASA at White Sands and I get the honor to see Ted Zambos on a daily basis. The history of DMSP is all we talk about at the 6SOPS. Great Website Ted!! Later Art
I am alive and well. Rode Katrina out in the house. What a heck of a ride that was. Wife evacuated to Indiana with all the dogs. We have some damage (roof, fence, out buildings). A lot I work with lost everything. Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Cristian all hit hard. The eye passed over here and I am 60 miles W/NW of Biloxi. Just got phone back this past week. Took 2 weeks for power.
So are there plans for another reunion? Just spent an hour or so walking down the 4 Grand memory lane. I see the Old SAC Inspector was impressed, but he's still grumpy since we continued to excell despite the overburden of regs and rule.
Please - NO poker, blackjack, casino or other gambling ads. Respect the fact that this site guestbook is for members use to stay in touch and notify of activities. It's not for gambling or other advertisements. Thanks.
Ran onto a 4 Grander the other day, Vito Tominelli, he retired in 1976 at the 4G Offutt in admin. He was wondering whatever happened to Ron Kalbflesh? I can't remember if he was still at the 4G when I retired or what.
Found the website while looking for an old 4 Grand uniform patch. Stationed at Blotner from Jan82 to Feb83 (2 winters!). I always thought Liza would live forever. Did anyone ever really know how old she was? Here's an interesting note to those who didn't already know it: 2 of my ucles worked with the Army Corps of Engineers and actually built the Blotner Site!
Hello to all from FAIR. I was there 1990 to 1992. I saw some of you I remember here on this site. Ray Barrios, and Mark Newby. How you guys doing? I miss those days, great times!
PLEASE stop cluttering this guestbook with SPAM advertisements. NO poker, blackjack, casino or other junk ad's. Respect the fact that this site guestbook is for members use to stay in touch with each other and notify of activities. It's not for SPAM advertisements. No one is going to access any of the links you post here. It's a waste of your time to make the posting. Thanks.
Ted you have done a great job on this web site,I enjoy visiting it and catching up. keep up the good work and let me know if you plan another reunion. I am going to one this year at Ellsworth for my Missile days Jim
I want to add a comment to the old SAC Inspector. I don't know what his problem is but I sure would like to see his butt in the PO chair during a full load and data recovery and set all the clocks before fade.or put him in the ATO seat at max EL and have a tape slew. Then we would know who could not measure up. Thanks Jim
Hey Ted, Did not know you are living in Maine. I never left. I just foung the web page and thought I would say hi.
Well it was a fun (most of the time) five years. I miss being able to go hunting at lunch time.
Just comin' thru to say hello. I'm still at TDRSS with good ole Ted Zambos. Guess somebody has to keep me out of trouble. (Fat chance!) Hope everyone's doing OK. Ronnie
Sorry to have to do this, but it looks like I'm going to have to remove the guestbook. I just can't keep up with deleting all the garbage postings we get from spammers all over the world. If anyone from the 4G wants their own copy of what is here so far, I'll be glad to email it.
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