00497536 4-2239-18A UNCLASSIFIED 2436021 07-01-1957 2436204 12-31-1957

SQUADRON/0058/WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE

History K360.4-58 16818 K3829 276 390 06 43 2451751 07-25-2000 2451752 07-26-2000 LT COL JOHN N. HIGHLEY REPLACED LT COL CARL H. MORALES AS COMMANDER. MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH IGY (INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR) ICE ISLAND STATION LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTH OF POINT BARROW. DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY SUMMER, TUNDRA FIRES BURNED OUT OF CONTROL IN PROXIMITY OF BASE. AIR WEATHER SERVICE (AWS) INSPECTED SQUADRON. DR. HENDLEY V. WILLIAMS, PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY TX FLEW MISSION WITH SQUADRON. ALAN INNIS-TAYLOR VISITED SQUADRON AFTER RETURN FROM ASSIGNMENT WITH EUROPEAN CIVIL AIRLINES. SQUADRON NOTIFIED OF POSSIBLE MOVE TO BASE ON WEST COAST, POSSIBLY MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) CA OR MCCHORD AFB WA. OPERATION SANTA CLAUS PROGRAM RECEIVED RECOGNITION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. LYNN THOMAS OF ANCHORAGE (AK) DAILY NEWS FLEW PTARMIGAN MISSION TO GATHER DATA FOR STORY, OPERATION CHRISTMAS WEATHER. MEMBERS OF 408 RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, VISITED. NONE INCLUDES MAPS, TABLES, CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, GRAPHS, MISSION REPORTS, AND ORDERS. 2451752 07-26-2000 CG 2451753 07-27-2000