482nd F.I.S.:

Tyndall AFB - GAR 11 Testing TDY

Feb 19, 1962 - June 15, 1962


At this point, we're not sure who went on this TDY. The support crews were mixed and from varying F-102 squadrons. The pilots appear to have all been from Tyndall's 4750th (aka 475th) Test Squadron, the pilot on the left is Captain D. Tobey. The plane is a 482nd deuce, 855, and the crew chief is A/2C Steve Volpe, third from the left. The asst crew chief was A/3C Strickhausen, third from right, but is missing from our roster [his name painted on the a/c does NOT ID him as 482nd]. The rest are not identified. Other 482nd airman known to have been on this TDY were A/1C Dale H. Wallace & A/1C Richard F. Menghi.

Photo from Steve Volpe.

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