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244th History 1978 |
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For some of the 244th Combat Communications Squadron personnel, Annual Field Training 1978 was at Camp Rilea, Oregon under the direction of the 252nd Combat Communications Group, commanded by Colonel Milton H. Towne. Units of the 252nd Combat Communications Group located in Spokane, Seattle, Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington attended the training session, as well as Air Guard Communications from Anchorage, Alaska.
Twenty-six members of the 244th Combat Communications Squadron went to southern Nevada/California to participate in Brave Shield XVII. The 252nd Combat Communications Group was tasked with supplying communications for the Opposition Air Force. The 244th had personnel deployed to Table Mountain, Nevada, Irwin relay, perched on the barren hills of Southeastern California, and Lane Peak, out of Barstow, California.
Six members of the 244th went to Jever AB, Germany. The 252nd was tasked with communications support of exercise Coronet Stork, the deployment of a tactical fighter unit from Moody AFB, Georgia to Jever AB, Germany. The period of deployment was from 23 August through 2 September 1978. Jever Air Base is a German Air Force (Luftwaffe) base near the town of Jever, which is a few miles from the coast of the North Sea, northwest of Wilhelmshaven in Lower Saxony.
On 9 August 1978, a 3,500-acre fire was burning in the Ochoco National Forest , east of Prineville. On 12 August, the 244th Combat Communications Squadron was called to set up a communications network for the Youngs Butte Fire. The communications system was established from Prineville (control point) to Mud Springs Fire Camp, with relays at Lookout Mountain, Spanish Peak and Battle Creek Mountain.
(The High Resolution are very large documents)
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| High Resolution | Documents | Brave Shield | Youngs Butte Fire | AFT | Coronet Stork |
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| 1978 AOTY | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 01 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 02 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 03 |
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| 1978 Brave Shield Photo 04 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 05 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 06 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 07 |
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| 1978 Brave Shield Photo 08 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 09 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 10 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 11 |
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| 1978 Brave Shield Photo 12 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 13 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 14 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 15 |
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| 1978 Brave Shield Photo 16 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 17 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 18 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 19 |
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| 1978 Brave Shield Photo 20 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 21 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 22 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 23 |
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| 1978 Brave Shield Photo 24 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 25 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 26 | 1978 Brave Shield Photo 27 |
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| 1978 Photo 01 | 1978 Photo 02 | 1978 Photo 03 | 1978 Photo 04 |
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| 1978 Photo 09 | 1978 Photo 10 | 1978 Photo 11 | 1978 Photo 12 |
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| 1978 Photo 17 | 1978 Photo 18 | 1978 Photo 19 | 1978 Photo 20 |
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| 1978 Photo 21 | 1978 Photo 22 | 1978 Photo 23 | 1978 Photo 24 |
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| 1978 Photo 25 | 1978 Photo 26 | 1978 Photo 27 | 1978 Photo 28 |
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| 1978 Photo 29 | 1978 Photo 30 | 1978 Photo 31 | 1978 Photo 32 |
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| 1978 Photo 33 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 01 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 02 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 03 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 04 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 09 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 10 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 11 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 12 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 13 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 14 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 15 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 16 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 17 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 18 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 19 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 20 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 21 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 22 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 23 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 24 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 25 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 26 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 27 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 28 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 29 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 30 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 31 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 45 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 46 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 36 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 37 |
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| 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 38 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 39 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 40 | 1978 Youngs Butte Photo 05 |
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