00497532 3-3856-17A UNCLASSIFIED 2435290 07-01-1955 2435473 12-31-1955

SQUADRON/0058/WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE

History K360.4-58 16817 K3828 1300 1441 06 43 2451750 07-24-2000 2451752 07-26-2000 LT COL CARL H. MORALES REPLACED LT COL FORT W. LIPE AS COMMANDER. ATTAINED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETION OF ALL REGULAR MISSION COMMITMENTS AND SPECIAL MISSIONS. ACHIEVED RECORD OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT CONSECUTIVE ON TIME TAKEOFFS. SENATOR HARRY M. JACKSON OF WASHINGTON VISITED BASE AND FLEW PTARMIGAN MISSION. CELEBRATED ONE-THOUSANDTH LOON ECHO MISSION. DONALD MACE, EDITOR OF AIR FORCE TIMES NEWSPAPER, VISITED SQUADRON. OTHER IMPORTANT VISITORS FLYING WITH SQUADRON WERE CAPT ALBERT C. BURROWS, NAVY CHIEF OF STAFF OF ALASKA; BRIG GEN ALBERT N. SCHWICHTENBERG, SURGEON GENERAL, CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND; COL WILLIAM BUCK JR, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL, ALASKAN AIR COMMAND; CLARKE LETHIN, BOY SCOUT EXECUTIVE FOR WESTERN ALASKA; AND R. A. DERR, MANAGER OF FAIRBANKS AK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF DERR FLIGHT USED TO PUBLICIZE SQUADRON'S DROPPING OF CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS. NONE INCLUDES STATISTICS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, AND MISSION REPORTS. 2451752 07-26-2000 CG 2451753 07-27-2000