Website Finds Lee Kyser’s Mini Cooper S!
On February 22, 2008 we posted an article about Lee Kyser’s racing activities while stationed at Sembach AB; Sembach Sergeant Living ‘Fast’ Life (AF Times – …
The “News”
Nuclear Weapons Personnel Life Insurance
How many Sembach Missileers had Nuclear Weapons Personnel Life Insurance like Jim Plowden? Per Jim, “This is the Nuclear Weapons Personnel Life Insurance Policy that …
Theater Group at Sembach
In a March 3, 2008 email from Jim Plowden to Russ Reston, Jim, in part, says: “We had a very active theater group, at Sembach, …
Large Pizza Pie – 75¢ (Nino’s Resturant – Sembach)
Yes, that is how much a large plain pizza pie cost at Nino’s Italian Restaurant, in Sembach village, back in the early 1960s. Menu courtesy …
MARTIN TM-76 MACE
A replacement for the TM-61A Matador, the Mace was a tactical surface-launched missile designed to destroy ground targets. Initially designated the TM-76, then the MGM-13, …
Moving Missiles From Sembach to Grünstadt
In an email from Fred Horky to Russ Reston (et al), dated February 28, 2008, Fred, in part, writes: “The normal route to move missiles …
Misc. Recollections – Hahn TDY’s & MOC
In a February, 2008 email from Lee Kyser (887th TMS) to Fred Horky (887th TMS & 38th TMW Missile Operations Center), Lee wrote, in part: …
Tiger Stadium & Points West (Non-Mace Recollection by Fred Horky)
Subject: Tiger Stadium and Points West 08 February 2008 From: Frederick P. Horky To: Russ Reston Russ, You wrote: I found a mid-1960s photo of …
Can You Identify These Photos?
Subject: Can you identify these photos? 07 February 2008 From: Russ Reston To: Frederick P. Horky Hi Fred, Any idea where this photo may have …
Even more memories of Sembach’s Tiger Stadium!
Did you know that the 38th TMW Missile Operations Center was under the football stands at Sembach’s Tiger Stadium? Read on… In and email from …
Do You Recognize These Signatures?
In an email (6 February 2008) from Phillip Thomas (Site 3 – Independent Duty Med. Tech.) Hello Russ. I had a habit of saving souvenir …
Oh The Memories!
In an email (6 February 2008) from Fred Horky (“plank owner” with the TM-76A “Mace”) Russ, Congratulations on your comprehensive Sembach Missileer website! I was …
Walking Fever Strikes Missile Crew Members
Article possibly from Sembach Missileer? – Date unknown. Contributed by Phillip Thomas (Site #3 Independent Duty Med. Tech.) Ckick on thumbnail to see larger …
Electrocution in the Blockhouse
In an email from Lee Kyser (887th TMS): Russ, there was a crew chief at B Flight, SSgt William Rowe, who was “electrocuted” in …
The Real First “C” Flight Commander – Capt. Richard S. Becker
In an old email (date unknown) from Fred Horky (one of the first LOs to take the Mace to Sembach AB) to Bob Bolton (887th …
Old friends keep in touch through their computers
St. Francis Herald (Kansas) By Karen Krien karenk@nwarkansas.com Click on thumbnail to see larger image. With the introduction of the Internet, the world has continued …
‘Vigilance For Freedom’
Sembach Missileer – 9 September 1966 From 1958 To 1966 The Mace Helped USAFE’s – – ‘Vigilance For Freedom’ What does it take to mount …
38th Retiring Mace A Missile
Stars & Stripes – 3 September 1966 SEMBACH, Germany, Sept. 3 (Stars &Stripes) – The 1,500-man 38th Tactical Missile Wing here has started deactivation processes, …
5 Mace-A Squadrons To ‘Retire’
Stars & Stripes – 1965 WIESBADEN, Germany Five Mace-A winged missile squadrons, consisting of 90 short-range missiles and about 1400 men, will be withdrawn from …
No Shining Glory For Men… Who Live In Blockhouse
Sembach Missileer – March 5, 1965 Four Sembach men spend half of their time in a little house just 90 miles from the Iron Curtain. …
Sembach Sergeant Living ‘Fast’ Life
(Posted to the website on February 22, 2008) AIR FORCE TIMES (Europe) NOVEMBER 25, 1964 (Posted to the website on February 22, 2008) SEMBACH, …
Life at Grünstadt’s Isolated Missile Site
Sembach Missileer (31 January 1964) courtesy of Phillip Thomas (Site #3 Independent Duty Med. Tech.) Click on thumbnail to see larger image.