191St F4-C crew chiefs and CAM squadron personal

I would like to thank Linda Bullis and Eddie Gumbko for their help remember all the crew chiefs names..  Now I need to match name, Phantoms and faces.   It has been almost 30 years ago that I retired out of the USAF.

The 191st Fighter Interceptor Group, then commanded by Col. Donald K. Reid, formally joined the Aerospace Defense Command in July 1972. Selfridge's largest flying organization, the 191st FIG, was now tasked with the heavy burden of area responsibility for the nation's defense. The 191st FIG is a fulltime partner with the Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units, assuming a 24 hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week runway alert posture. The unit must fulfill identical training requirements and the same operational readiness commitments as their regular Air Force counterparts. 191 Fighter Interceptor Group, Detachment 1, Seymour Johnson AFB inactivated 30 Sep 1992. Participated in Combat Archer training at Tyndall AFB, FL, 2 - 8 May 1993
Crew Chiefs                                                CAM Squadron
Chester Cox                                                        Comm Shop/WCS
Cliff Allen                                                              Gary Kowalski (Radar Teh)        Gene Doyle
Mike Galea                                                           Jim Koglin (WCS shop chief)       Gerry Byrd
Richard Anderson                                                 Gordie Granham                           Jerry Malseed
Gerry Hanna                                                         John Dyer                                     Mike Jacobson
Jim Hanna                                                            Frank  Morris                                    Paul Smith.
Jake Williams                                                       John Stroich                                                    
Bruce Frock
Jeff Badalow
Tom Tucker                                                            Maintenance Control

Rich Burl                                                              Delta 

Keith Anderson                                                      Henry Clay
Sheldon Woodard                                                  M/C
John Bullis                                                              Gary Williams
Paul Chamberlin                                                     Gary Vikar
Bill Bretzius                                                             Mike Elward
Tom Goodwin                                                          Plans and Scheduling
Doug Firman                                                             Linda Bullis
Bill Austin
Mark DuBois
Walter Pashchick
Gerry Hanna
 Bill Bretzius

Boksanski Scratch built BE-12 Russian Seaplane

Another scratch built model by Dave (BOH) Boksanski.  This is 1/72 seaplane built out of several different  model kits.  The Emily fly boat is the main piece to make the fuselage.  Aurora CF-100  engines are the bases of the turboprop engine.  The rest was sheet stryene.  Thanks goes to Charle Dunton for provide the article from his collection of Scale Modeler.

Another blast from the Past Jan 1973 converting a TU-144 to TU-95

This article is by Mike Dario.  Mike was another awesome modeler.  Plus he was a good buddy with BOH.  When the two got to together it was magic.    Boh told that we had writing so many article for Scale Modeler. That they had to used fake names.  Funny no body in the 70's bitched about a kit.  They would just fix the problem. It was all about modelling.  Enjoy.   Again the article was scan by Charlie Dunton.

F-86D by Dave "BOH" Boksanski 1/72 rareplanes conversion.

Again thanks for Charlie Dunton send me the article.  If you have not noticed BOH wrote many articles for Scale Modeler.

This model was a conversion using the Rareplane  vacuum form kit.  When BOH wrote the article this was at the time the only way to make a "D" model.  It never fails a major model with make out.  Airfx was first with their.   It was a great kit with raised panel lines.  Later Hasegawa released their F-86D. The Hasegawa kit hands down is the best of all.   Here is the article enjoy.

New 1/72 B-737 by Aeromodl

For the large airline scale modellers there is a new guy on the block.  The company is called Aeromodl out of the Georgia.   The kit is a full resin kit with interior details.  Also there will be decals for various airlines..   It is alway great to see new companies in the hobby.

191St get it first phantoms

 F-4C flightline photos taken by a MDC photographer on the Michigan Air National Guard, 191st Fighter Interceptor Group Selfridge air base. Dated 25 August 1979. Note: This negs/photos were never filed and cannot be found anywhere else. Thanks Ron Downey for providing these rare photos.

Also if you knew the crew chief of many of these Phantoms let me know.  We are fading into the sunset.  These men need to be remembered.

   Added two photos by Art Doran of freshly arrived F-4C for the 191st Fig  9/9/2020

Photo Credit art Doran.

Crew Chief John Bullis/ later Jake Williams

Crew John Bullis/ Later Jake Williams.

Crew chief currently unknown

Crew Chief Mike Galea

Chief Crew Mike Galea

Crew Chief unknown at this time

Crew Chief Jim Hanna/ Edgar Gunn

Crew chief John Bullis/ later Jake Williams

Crew Chief Paul Chamberlain

Photo credit Art Doran.

1/72 Decal for C47 amd Sri Lanka air force

Jamie is a reader of my blog. In his email he sent a photo of the decal sheet  "Hi Rats!   I found he is planning a limited run of this sheet.  He can be reached   redfern73 at hotmail dot com.

Okay folks if you are interested in the C-47 "Rats" color scheme Jamie will be doing a limited run shortly.  His specialize in mostly doing Small nations airlines.

The Sri Lanka Air Force decal sheet is 1/72