Excalibur and Crew

From: Charlie Smoote Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 To: TAC Missileers Subject: Excalibur I was rummaging through my stash and found some pictures of Excalibur and crew. Excalibur (King Arthur’s Sword) was a TM 76B that was launched (circa 1962) by an Instructor Crew from the Tactical missile School at Orlando. …

Reunion Oktoberfest Info

One of our members (Jim Cagle) had a question about the TAC Missileers Oktoberfest on Oct. 14th and thought it might be helpful to share the answer with other TAC Missileers members. From: James Cagle Date: Tue, Sep 27, 2011 Subject: Octoberfest To: Russ Reston Russ, one question that has …

“Wildwood Mace” Restoration

September 5, 2011 New photos were added today! Scroll down or Click Here… Restoration is underway with the restoration of the Mace B that was relocated last year from Wildwood, FL to the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, IN. From: Jerry Brenner Sent: September 04, 2011 To: George Mindling; Joe Perkins; …

Orlando Training – 1964

From: Larry Johnston Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:59 PM To: Russ Reston Subject: FW: Orlando training 1964 Bob Malarkey sent me these orders from Orlando Combat Crew Training Apr – Sept 1964. Brought back a lot of names. Feel free to post on TAC Missileers. As Always, Larry Note: …

Air Force Armament Museum

Max Butler, Jerry Brenner and Frank Roales recently met at the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, IN to discuss restoration plans for the “Wildwood” Mace. Jerry was kind enough to share photos of their inspection, a few of which can be found below. Jerry also shared photos taken during a …

Mystery Matador Crash…?

April 6, 2011 Was it an early design “YB-61 Matador,” “Navy Matador” or a “Regulus” variant?  No conclusive identification has been made. See the bottom of this page for the most recent updates. Thanks, Russ January 18, 2011 Can you help? A suspected Matador crash site was recently discovered on …

2011 TAC Missileers Reunion

Plans for the 2011 TAC Missileers Reunion are in place!  The reunion dates and hotel have been chosen, activities have been scheduled and we are hoping for a great turnout.  Please put these dates on your calendar and contact the hotel as soon as possible, to make your reservations.  As usual, a …

Koza/Goza (Okinawa) Today

From: Trevis Moss Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:13 AM To: TAC Missileers Subject: TAC Missileers “Contact Us” Submission – Koza/Goza (Okinawa) Today For you Kadena Kats, see what Kadena area looks like today. Go to http://road.s25.xrea.com/hwy330.html. This is now the main south to north route past Kadena. These pics …

Okinawa Circa 1965

If you are interested in seeing some photos from Okinawa circa 1965 (e.g., Gate 2 Street, Goya Street & “B.C.” Street in Koza, Naha and the Naminoue Shrine), be sure to checkout “Larry Johnston’s Kadena Memories” – updated 22 February 2011.