The 191St expectance Crew for the RF101

 Great photo of the crew that received the active-duty aircraft for the 191St. Photo provided by George Nelson   The photo show my favorite Maintenance Officer Skip Kimberly

This photo was taken 1970 Dec at Shaw AFB. Skip is 6th from the left.

The rest all 127th members. Starting from the left. George Nelson, Ron Martin, Larry Bishop, Bob Brent, Norb Dominick, Skip Kimberly, Dean Crowder, K B Moore, ? Wolf, John Venus.

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MIANG T-33 over the years.

 Michigan Air Guard had quite a few T-bird over the  here are a few. 

Also 191St  T-33 Crew Chief.

Aaron Doty

Mike Elward

Cliff  Dunlap

Mike Galea

Msgt Torrey

Doug Fiman

Cass Maciejewski

191St Fig F-4C crew chiefs / CAM Sq

Here are the William Tell Crew Chief and support people.   The com guys all left the unit in the mid 80's as NWT was turning Detroit Metro into a maintenance.  The pay was better than a guard technician's

Names are Back Row: Gordie Graham, John Bullis, Cliff Allen Larry Bishop and John Dyer. Front row is Mike Galea, Ed Gumbko, Paul Chamberlin and Frank Morris.

Com Shop Gordie Graham, John Dyer and Frank Morris.

Photo credit Ed Gumbko.

Weapon crew.

On the left is Jim Flisnik.  Jim passed away on April 23,2020. Funny guy 

Photo by Phil Gabler William Tell 1982

191ST Fig F4-C/D camouflage schemes

Have been meaning to post these view of the Six Pack Phantoms.   From 1983 to 1995 I was the maintenance controller for 191St.  Col Skip Kimberly called me into his office. Knowing that I was a modeler and aircraft historian he give a tasks.   I was to provide Tom Wagner as much history as I could get on these phantoms.   As we had all the aircraft aircraft logs.  All the information was to be organized as  were the aircraft where overhaul, what  units we came from. Plus answers Tom question.  I knew Tom from the Warren Chapter of the IPMS.   Tom was a great modeler. Also he several  articles for the IPMS magazines.   This part of the article appeared in the 1987 spring issue.  Not long after this we had been to prepare for F16A's from Moody AFB. 

It should be noted one of the aircraft had McClellan AFB scheme.  While two more had Hill AFB schemes F4-D schemes.   I do not a have a picture of the McClellan scheme.  Also if you look closely you will see the markings kind of evolved.  From a large chevron to two chevron before the final configuration was picked.   As the F4 D's came back from depot overhaul the all had been modified to have F-15 center line tank that didn't have G restrictions.  During 1987 to 1998 the unit had about 38 different F4 D's process through us.  Some ended up in Oregon (Portland) other to Califorina  (Fresno). 

Reference Selfridge 1922-1984  Part 3 by Michael Petiprin & Tom Wagner.  Sadly Tom has pasted away

191st F-106A

Don't find many pictures of Six Pack 106's...  Sleek looking aircraft.

F-4D 66-0243

F-4D-29-MC s/n 66-0243

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*1969: USAF 366th TFW. 
*1969-70: USAF 37th TFW. 
*1970: USAF 12th TFW. 
*1975: USAF 493rd TFS (48th TFW). 
*1976: USAF 48th TFW. 
*USAF 474th TFW. 
*1979: USAF 13th TFTS (56th TFW). 
*1984: Vermont ANG 134th TFS. 
*1987-89: Michigan ANG 171st FIS. 
*7/1989: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. 

 191St Crew Chief for 243 was Jimmy O'Neil

Photo credit Gary Kowalski

Photo by Joe Zeba   June 1985

F-4D 65-714

F-4D-28-MC s/n 65-0714

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*1969: USAF 78th TFS (81st TFW). 
*1971: USAF 81st TFW. 
*1976: USAF 81st TFW. 
*1978: USAF 78th TFS (81st TFW). 
*USAF 18th TFW. 
*1981: Kansas ANG 127th TFS. 
*1988-90: Michigan ANG 171st TFS. 
*1/1990: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. 
*Currently preserved at JRB Fort Worth, TX. 

191St Crew Chief..  David Tinsley.

photo added 7/11/2021

Photo by Gerry Kaleniecki

Feb 2016

Brian Scott's father aircraft in Udorn 70-71

Brian Scott father.

Another picture of his dad in Udorn,

F-4D 66-0226

F-4D-29-MC s/n 66-0226

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*1972: USAF 4485th TS. 
*1974: USAF 417th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1975: USAF 8th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1976: USAF 49th TFW. 
*1977: USAF 8th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1978: USAF 56th TFW. 
*1979: USAF 61st TFS (56th TFW). 
*1982-85: Vermont ANG 134th TFS. 
*1988: Michigan ANG 171st TFS. 
*7/1990: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. 

191st Crew Chief :Bob Schuppe  update 7/19/2020

F-4D 66-0266

F-4D-29-MC s/n 66-0266

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*USAF 43rd TFS (35th TFW). 
*1970: USAF 335th TFS (4th TFW). 
*1973: USAF 417th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1974: USAF 7th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1975: USAF 417th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1976: USAF 7th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1976-77: USAF 8th TFS (49th TFW). 
*1979: USAF 13th TFTS (56th TFW). 
*1982: Vermont ANG 134th TFS. 
*1986-89: Michigan ANG 171st FIS. 
*7/1989: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. 
*Currently preserved at Ontario APT, CA. 

191st Crew Chief. Ken Szymanski  updated 7/22/2020

First of the ghost grey Six Pack tail design.

266 with revised chevron on tail

266 with checker board tail.

Museum Ontario Oregon

F-4D 65-0737

F-4D-28-MC s/n 65-0737

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*1972: USAF 80th TFS (3rd TFW). 
*1973: USAF 35th TFS (3rd TFW). 
*1973: USAF 67th TFS (475th TFW). 
*1975: USAF 494th TFS (48th TFW). 
*1976: USAF 493rd TFS (48th TFW). 
*1979: USAF 13th TFTS (56th TFW). 
*1985: Vermont ANG 134th TFS. 
*1988: Michigan ANG 171st FIS. 
*1/1990: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. 

    

added photo 8/31/2021

    

191st Crew Chief Eddie "The Truth" Kanter update 09/19/2020

Photo from face book. Photo by Doug Barbier

Picture by David F. Brown