A website for those who served/are serving in Combat Camera, AAVS, 600th Photo Sq. and 601st Photo Flt.
Our reunion this year will be held at the Hope Hotel & Conference Center in Dayton, Ohio Dates: September 19 – 22, 2013 Hotel Website: http://www.hopehotel.com/ Reservations can now be made by calling: 1-937-879-2696 Deadline for reservations is Aug 9, 2013 and this rate is good for the day before or the day after our event also. All rooms Read More …
Now’s the time to start thinking about what particular SWAG items you’d like to order from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron’s Booster Club for this CHRISTMAS season! Prices have been adjusted, and new items are on the table. Below are PDF color attachments so you can peruse the “catalog” of available goodies at your convenience Read More …
by Al Sterling From mid 1968 to mid 1969, I was assigned to the 601st Photo Squadron, Detachment 3, Ubon, Thailand. It was there that I served as a combat photo specialist for the Air Force. And one of our squadron commanders was Captain Ford. He was someone I’d thought about for years following my Read More …
Sorry to report that Glenn “Mitch” Mitchell passed from our midst early on Saturday, November 3. Mitch worked in the Depository at Building 248 and subsequently at the March AFB facility. Mitch was a career AAVS employee beginning at Wright-Patterson AFB and moving to California when AAVS consolidated operations in Building 248. A memorial service Read More …
Here’s the first of the videos Lance Cheung shot during our reunion.
By Steve Hock Not every day was filled with fun and excitement for Combat Photographers assigned to Korat RTAFB in the early 1970s. In fact, most days were pretty routine. A typical day might begin with studio hours in the morning at the Base Photo Lab. Usually at least a few folks showed up for Read More …
Are there any plans for Combat Camera to create image galleries for users to contribute to? My guess is that there there are thousands of good (even great) images out there in in private hands. Once our generation is gone the identity and provenance of these photos will disappear and will probably be trashed by Read More …
Watch the website this week for details on our next reunion! Held in September of 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina the 2012 Combat Camera Reunion united former and present members of the United States Air force Combat Camera Community. The event hosted Airman who served as far back as Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Reunion Read More …
Thursday, September 27 12:00noon – 5:00pm: Registration: Check in and receive name tag, program, ticket for tonight’s reception and Charleston Visitors Guide. Sign up for Charleston AFB and Patriots Point tours. 9:00am – 11:00pm: Sumter Room -Hospitality Suite open. Complimentary snacks and beverages (including beer and wine) provided every day. 5:00pm – 7:00 pm: Hors Read More …
This list continues to grow! If your names not on here and you sent in your registration to Mario or Dee, please drop them an email to let them know the check’s in the mail as we’re getting to the point that we need to let the hotel know how many we’ll have for the Read More …
We’ve had several people sign up for an account on the website that need to fill out their profile information so that we can upgrade your access to that of an Author. Without doing this you will be a Subscriber and will only have the ability to read the information on the website. As an Read More …
Joe Ramirez here, the hotel doesn’t offer a shuttle service to the airport and so I have volunteered to be the lead for picking up people arriving at the Charleston International Airport and getting them back for their flights after this year’s reunion. I will arrive at Charleston Sept. 25th at midnight and will depart Read More …
Sad news: Larry Fukunaga, long-time chief engineer at Det 8, 1369 AVS, Hill AFB, UT (now 2nd Combat Camera Squadron) and the technical brains behind the decades of cutting-edge technology in Air Force video production, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 67. I hope he’s having a cigarette and a cup of coffee Read More …
Maggie J. Gilchrest, with the Vietnam Center & Archive at Texas Tech University, is trying to find combat photographers and correspondents from the Vietnam War for a special project she is doing and has asked us to help get the word out. She is working on a project that is primarily her thesis/dissertation and she Read More …
Ken Hammond has reproduction patches from the originals that he has on loan from a dealer. They are all in-country made patches from either Vietnam or Thailand and probably by the same folks that did them during the war. Prices are on the patches. If anyone is interested they can email him at muddypaw22193@yahoo.com and Read More …
Grif Harrison who is very familiar with the Charleston area makes the following recommendations for things to see and do while you’re in town.Visit a plantation in the area He recommends: The Middleton, The Magnolia, The Drayton Hall, The Bone Hall.Patriots Point with the aircraft carrier Yorktown – We are planning to make this available Read More …
I have just heard from our event person, Brandy Olson, at the Holiday Inn and she informed me that we have filled the 35 rooms that we reserved for our reunion. If you have not booked a room you may have to negotiate your own rate for a room. When making a reservation you can Read More …
We were saddened to learn that Robert (Bob) Witowski passed away on May 10, 2012 in Worcester, England. Bob, along with his wife Nicky, had attended our reunions in Chicago and Albuquerque, and were making plans to attend this year in Charleston. The following was published in the Worcester News on 18 May 12. WITOWSKI Read More …
When we made the decision to go with the Holiday Inn as the site of our reunion we had to estimate the number of rooms we would need. Based on past attendance at our reunions I estimated that we would not need more then 35 rooms. The hotel on a daily basis allocates a number Read More …
If anyone attending the reunion is interested in placing an order for Combat Camera Swag the price list is below and you may contact Jim Lotz at the 1st Combat Camera Squadron by clicking on this link to send him an email.
The Sumter Room will be our meeting/hospitality room. There will be table available to place photographs, albums and other memorabilia from the past. You are encouraged to bring and share your memories.
August 27 is the last day that you can get the group room rate ($98.00 Wednesday & Thursday and $118.00 on Friday & Saturday) at the Holiday Inn. If done 48 hours in advance of arrival, reservations can always be cancelled without charge. Please verify when making your reservations.
We have heard from our colleagues, past and present, who live and work in the Charleston area. Some of them will not be able to attend the three days of the reunion. We are sorry about that, because the more we have in attendance the merrier! For those that can attend the three days the Read More …
REUNION ATTENDEES: The 1st Combat Camera Squadron have requested that we give them a “head count” on the number of folks who will take the tour of the squadron and the base. If any of you are definitely not planning on that tour please let us know. Also they would like to know if any Read More …