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Post by LBer1568 on Sept 18, 2011 4:36:42 GMT 9
I am not the oldest Airman here, but I am probably in top 20%. I read in a recent posting about SAC'S PRIDE. I also remember SAC using that term. But when I first arrived at McGuire AFB in 1964 fresh out of MA-1 School I saw the big Hanger at McGuire was painted with the PRIDE emblem. I was assigned to the 539th FIS, an ADC Unit. At the time McGuire was a MATS base, thats Military Air Transport Service for the younger guys here. It was a Joint Command... Air Force and Navy transports. In 1966 MATS ceased operations and Military Airlift Command (MAC) became the new MATS, but without the Navy participation. Of Course MAC became Air mobility Command (AMC).
I don't remember when SAC started using the PRIDE, but I believe it was after MATS. There was a SAC detachment at McGuire when I was assigned there. It was a KC-97 and RC121 unit.
Anyone got a start date for SAC using PRIDE?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2011 6:09:24 GMT 9
We must have gotten there at around the same time. I was assigned to Magoo on 12/27/63, with a report date of 1/4/04, to the instrument shop. I remember that the Navy Barracks was next door, and our mess eventually became the Airmen's Club. I was there a few months ago, and the block house still stands, even the big hanger where MA-! and instruments/electric workshops, etc. was still there, but the hanger on the other side of the admin building was gone.
The trees on the golf course have gotten really big, but not much else has really changed. KC'135's are gone, Passenger terminal has really been cleaned up and facelifted. 539 and navy Barracks still there. Tommy McGuire's p51 sitting in a nice tribute area (my son and daughter participated in the first wreath laying and dedication ceremony). Place looks damn good for as old as it is.
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Post by LBer1568 on Sept 18, 2011 6:48:07 GMT 9
I was part of the "big influx" of MA-1. My group had Royce Henson, Don Schnell, Ron Hada, Bobby Snipes, Gary Fulkerson, Donn Adderlee, Larry McDonagle, Larry Reynolds, Bob Dwinnell, and about 20 more in a three month period.
I lived in dorm for first two years then got married. I was on first floor to right of Day Room.
I went back through McGuire in 1985 just before I retired. I was assigned to my old room by Billitting. But it was now a two room suite. They took three of old rooms, removed walls and made into Chiefs VIP Suite. I couldn't believe how good thay made Dorm look.
Lorin Berry
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Post by pat perry on Sept 18, 2011 7:09:02 GMT 9
I am not the oldest Airman here, but I am probably in top 20%. I read in a recent posting about SAC'S PRIDE. I also remember SAC using that term. But when I first arrived at McGuire AFB in 1964 fresh out of MA-1 School I saw the big Hanger at McGuire was painted with the PRIDE emblem. I was assigned to the 539th FIS, an ADC Unit. At the time McGuire was a MATS base, thats Military Air Transport Service for the younger guys here. It was a Joint Command... Air Force and Navy transports. In 1966 MATS ceased operations and Military Airlift Command (MAC) became the new MATS, but without the Navy participation. Of Course MAC became Air mobility Command (AMC). I don't remember when SAC started using the PRIDE, but I believe it was after MATS. There was a SAC detachment at McGuire when I was assigned there. It was a KC-97 and RC121 unit. Anyone got a start date for SAC using PRIDE? From Global Security . org One of the most recognized buildings on Ellsworth AFB is the PRIDE hangar. This landmark embraces the spirit of the base personnel, as the acronym PRIDE stands for Professional Results In Daily Efforts. Construction on the hangar started on 6 July 1947 in preparation for the huge B-36 Peacemaker bombers assignment to then Rapid City Air Force Base. Completed on 24 October 1949, it was reputed to be one of the world's largest monolithic (having no visible internal supports) structures. Its exterior appearance is historic, a reminder of the early cold war era and a period of significant growth for Ellsworth AFB. I believe PRIDE started during the Curtis LeMay era starting in 1948 through 1957. From Wikipedia: In 1948, he returned to the U.S. to head the Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Offutt Air Force Base, replacing Gen George Kenney. When LeMay took over command of SAC, it consisted of little more than a few understaffed B-29 bombardment groups left over from World War II. Less than half of the available aircraft were operational, and the crews were undertrained. Base and aircraft security standards were minimal. Upon inspecting a SAC hangar full of U.S. nuclear strategic bombers, LeMay found a single Air Force sentry on duty, armed only with a ham sandwich.[15] After ordering a mock bombing exercise on Dayton, Ohio, LeMay was shocked to learn that most of the strategic bombers assigned to the mission missed their targets by one mile or more. "We didn't have one crew, not one crew, in the entire command who could do a professional job"[16] noted LeMay. LeMay was a stickler for professionalism and operational readiness. Then here are three pages of what the acronym PRIDE stands for www.abbreviations.com/PRIDEPat P. :teacher |
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Post by Mark O on Sept 18, 2011 9:31:15 GMT 9
It took me a bit to find this photo, but I knew somewhere I had seen one of those PRIDE signs on a hangar. Turns out it was Fairchild AFB back in 2005 when we Grand Forks folks were there as they were rebuilding our runway. Since Fairchild was a long-time SAC base, I suspect the tanker guys just inherited the sign on the right, and modified the one on the left! Mark  |
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Post by f89j1905 on Sept 18, 2011 12:51:03 GMT 9
I understand that there was an ADC version for fighter units co-located with SAC called "CRAP", "Creativity Ranks Above Pride".  I have no firsthand knowledge just a rumor! :razz |
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Post by sixerviper on Sept 21, 2011 11:35:16 GMT 9
At Minot in 1971, the blockhouse that was originally supposed to house a SAGE system was labeled the "PRIDE" building and had finance and CBPO in it, among other "nonner" offices.
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Post by Mark O on Sept 21, 2011 11:48:54 GMT 9
...and had finance and CBPO in it, among other "nonner" offices. The Commissary, Bank, AND Post Office?!! Wow, that was a big SAGE building! :rofl I'm sorry, I love that joke! I sure wish I would have taken photos when they tore the SAGE building down at Grand Forks in 2003. You wouldn't even know anything was there when they finished the landscaping. Mark |
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I have no firsthand knowledge just a rumor! :razz 
