656th Radar Squadron, Saratoga Springs, NY
Dedicated to the preservation of the 656th Radar Squadron memories
by the veterans of the Saratoga Air Force Station.
Old Radar men never die - Their echos fade away in accordance with the inverse fourth power law.


USAF Air Defense Command 656th

Other places our 656th Vets have served

Email me the names, dates and links (if Available) and I will add them.
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  Veterans Name Duty Station Time frame Link(if available)  
  Baker, Sterling Pagwa AFS Canada
Stead Air Force Base Reno, NV
1962-1963
1963-1964
   
  Barker, Clell DaNang, Vietnam 
Vanderberg AFB, Calif.
1964-1965
1965-1966

 
  Baumbach, Robert

Wallace AF Station, Poro Point, Luzon, Philippines

 

Nov 63 - Jan 65

 

   
  Boudreau, Ed Co M 71st Inf- 42d Inf Div, NYNG  NYC, NY Jul 52 - Dec 53    
BMT, Sampson AFB, Geneva, NY Dec 53- Mar 55
753rd AC&W Sqdn, Sault Ste Marie, MI Mar 55-May 56
618th AC&W Sqdn, Itzuke AB, Japan
623rd AC&W Sqdn, Naha AB, Okinawa
Jun 56 - Jun 58
823nd AC&W Sqdn, Geiger Fld, Spokane, WA
822nd AC&W Sqdn, Cottonwood, ID
Jun 58- Jun 60
672nd AC&W Sqdn, Barrington AFS, Nova Scotia, Canada Jun 60- Jun 61
960th AEW&C, Sqdn, Otis AFB, MA Jun 61 -Jun 63
612th AC&W, Sqdn, Ajo, AZ Jun 63-Jun 65
656th RADRON, Saratoga AFS, NY Jun 65- Apr68
Det 210, 3502nd Recruiting Gp, Erie, PA Apr 68 Jan 74   
  Clark, Albert Vance AFB
Tooele Army Depot
Korat RTAFB, Thailand
Blytheville AFB. Ark
Buchel German Air Base
Wright Patterson   civil service and reserve AF
Tinker AFB    civil Service
MacDill AFB, FL  as a contractor then I quit
67 to 69
1968-1969
1969-1970
1970-1972
1972-1975
1977-1989
1989-2004
2005-2007
 



 

 
  Cockerham, Jim Lackland AFB, TX
Grand Forks AFB, ND
Bien Hoa AB, Republic of Vietnam
Break in service
Ft Knox, KY
Ft Ord, CA
Ft Stewart, GA
Ft Benning , GA
Ft Sam Houston, TX
Friedberg, Germany
Alexandria, VA
Heidelberg, Germany
Oakdale, PA
Chiveras AB, Belgium
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ft Bliss, TX
Oct 62 - Dec 62
Jan 63 - Jul 63
Sep 65 - Sep 66
Oct 66 - Feb 74
Mar 74 - May 74
Jun 74 - Aug 74
Sep 74 - Dec 75
Jan 76 - Apr 76
May 76 - Jul 77
Aug 77 - Jul 80
Aug 80 - Aug 82
Sep 82 - Sep 85
Oct 85 - Sep 88
Oct 88 - Oct 89
Nov 89 - Apr 91
May 91 - Jan 92

 
  Convery, David
641ST in Goose Bay Labrador May 61 to May 62    
  Cordier, Thomas Beaverlodge Alberta Canada Radar Station 57-58
 
  Cornish, Kenneth R. Team 13D, 1st Comm Maint Sq, Griffiss AFB, NY 1951-1952    
608th AC&W Sq, Det 1, Yangu, Korea 1952-1953
759th AC&W, Naselle, WA 1953-1954
656th AC&W, Saratoga Sprs, NY 1954-1956
4604th Spt Sq, Otis AFG. MA 1956
Hq, BADS, Stewart AFB, NY 1956-1957
914th AC&W, Pinetree Line, Canada 1957-1958
772nd AC&W, Claysburg, PA, Blue Knob Mountain 1958-1960
770th AC&W, Ft Meade, MD (Missile Master site) 1960-1961
WAADS, Ft Lee, VA 1961-1963
 
  Day, Ed Thule Air Base, Greenland 4683rd Air Base Group
Hofn Naval Air Station, Iceland 67th AC & W Squadron
Caswell Air Force Station, Caswell, ME 766th Radar Squadron
 
1974 - 1974
1975 - 1975
1977 - 1980
   
  Dougherty, Michael B. Lackland AFB, TX
Keesler AFB, MS
Saratoga AFS, NY
Sep 63 - Oct 63
Oct 63 - Oct 64
Nov 64 - Sep 67
 
   
  Elkins, David
Lackland AFB 
Kessler AFB   
Saratoga AFS, NY (656th)
Armstrong AFS Ontario Canada (914th)
Oct 1958-Nov 1958
Nov 1958-Dec 1959
 Dec 1959-April 1961
April 1961-April 1962
   
  Ernewein, Robert Lackland AFB TX 
Saratoga AFS NY  
Hancock Field NY
Tan Son Nhut AB VN
Loring AFB ME
Lackland AFB TX 
Clark AB PI 
Griffiss AFB NY
 
Nov 63 – Sep 64
Oct 64 – Jan 68
Jan 68 – Dec 70
Dec 70 – Dec 71
Jan 72 – May 73
Jun 73 – Apr 79 
Apr 79 – May 82
Jun 82 – Aug 85
   
Fiedler, David Lackland AFB TX Basic Training
Amarillo AFB TX Tech School
Camp Perry OH National Matches

Phan Rang AB, Vietnam, 352d Tac Fighter Squadron Operations
Langley AFB VA - 4500 AB Wing TAC Flight Instrument School
Willow Grove NAS, PA, 111th Fighter Sqdn. (PA-ANG)
1965
1965
1965
1967-1968
1968-1969
1970-1974



  Fitzpatrick,Tom 25th Comm Sq, Wiesbaden Germany
161st Comm Flt, Arizona ANG, Phoenix, AZ
 
1952-1954
1964-1967
   
  Forsey, John D. 610th AC&W Squadron Det. 15 Japan
732 AC&W Ozona TX
Apr 57--Feb 58
Apr 59--Oct 60
   
 

Gillum, Charles R.

OSI Detachment 302, Dover AFB, Delaware
OSI Resident Agent, Suffolk AFB, Westhampton, NY
OSI Detachment 5004, Nha Trang, RVN
OSI Headquarters, Washington DC
OSI Detachment Hea
 
     
  Gleason, Patrick H.
Lackland AFB - training
Keesler AFB  3391 School Sq
762 Radar Sq., North Truro AF Sta. Mass
7272 AC&W  Wheelus AB, Lybia
656th Radar Sq., Saratoga, NY  
Jan 1960
Feb 60 - Jan 61
Jan 61 - Jun 62
Jun 62 - Dec 62
Jan 63 - Dec 63
 
   
  Hawk, David Hq 30th Air Div (Sage) Truax Fld WI 60 to 63    
Det 4 623 AC&W Sq Okino AS Japan 64 to 64    
Hq NORAD COC Cheyenne Mtn CO 65 to 69    
620th TCS Monkey Mtn RVN 69 to 70    
676th Radar Sq Antigo AFS WI 70 to 71    
26th Air Div Luke AFB AZ 71 to 72    
Det 1 25th Air Div Boeing A/C Co Seattle 72 to 77    
6ATAF Izmir Turkey 77 to 78    
NATO AEW Prgm Mgt Agcy Brussels Belgium and Boeing 78 to 82    
Hq NATO AEW Force Command, SHAPE Belgium 82 to 84    
Hq NORAD/IG Peterson AFB CO 84 to 85    
932 AC&W Sq Rockville Iceland 85 to 86 http://usradarsitesiceland.com/  
           
  LaPlante, Gary Thule, Greenland
Tainan afbm, Taiwan
Texas
Fla
Korea
68 - 69
72 - 75
75 - 76
76 - 78
78 - 79
 
 

 

 
  Martin, Curtis
Lackland AFB Texas
Cheyenne Mtn Air Force Station, WY
Kirk Newton Air Base Scotland
Saratoga Springs Air Station NY
Tan Son Nhut AB in Vietnam
St Albans Radar Station VT
Rhein Main Air Base Germany
Mountain Home AFB ID
Keflavik Naval Air Station Iceland
56 - 57
57 - 58
58 - 63
63 - 65
65 - 66
66 - 68
68 - 72
72 - 74
74 - 76
 
   
  Michell, John Keesler AFB, Technical Training
907th Radar Squadron, Bucks Harbor, Maine
656th Radar Squadron, Saratoga Springs, NY
Oct 63 to Aug 64
Sep 64 to Dec 65
Jan 66 to Sep 67
 

Bucks Harbor, ME

 
  Mitchell, William S. 9th AD Geiger Field, Washington
25th AD McChord, AFB, Washington
921st AC&W Sq. Newfoundland
792nd Radar Sq. (SAGE) North Charleston S.C.
Det. 2. 86th AD. Kindsbach Germany
656th Radar Sq. (SAGE) Saratoga AFS. NY.
616th AC&W Sq. Wassekuppe, Germany
656th Radar Sq. (SAGE) Saratoga AFS. NY
12th BMEWS , Thule, Greenland
786th Radar Sq. (SAGE) Minot N.D.
Retired 1 Sept 1977
 
     
  Mootz, Skip Lackland AFB
Keesler AFB
656th Radar Sq. Saratoga AFS, NY
3/61 - 5/61
5/61 - 5/62
5/62 - 2/65
 
   
  Mountain, Dennis
771st Radar Sqdn(SAGE), Cape Charles, VA Jun 64 to Aug 65
 
  Opello, Ron
620th TCS Quang Tri May 70 to Feb 71
 
  Pereira, Sammy
RAF Alconbury and RAF Greenham Common, UK, 2166th Comm. Sq.
RTAFB Udorn, Thailand, 1973rd Comm. Sq.
 
1966-1969
1969-1970

 
  Plymale, Charles
 
778 Radar Squadron, Havre, Montana

1965 - 1966
 
 
  Simon, Ed
Lackland AFB, Texas
Lowry AFB , Colorado
Saratoga AFS, New York
Peshawar AFS, Pakistan
Karamursel AFB, Turkey
Good fellow AFB, Texas
Plattsburgh AFB, New York
Anderson AFB, Guam
 

 

 

 

 

   
  Small, Dennis
4603rd CAMRON, Stewart AFB, NY
AZ State Univ, Tempe, AZ
656 Radar Sq, Saratoga AFS, NY            
13th BMEWS, Clear AFS, Alaska                                                   
716th Radar Sq, Kalispell AFS, MT                             
AFIT, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH                                          
1st Aero Space Comm Gp, Offutt AFB, NB                  
HQ SAC, Offutt AFB, NB                                      
ESD, Hanscom AFB, MA   
 
1959 - 1962
1962 - 1965
1965 - 1966
1966 - 1967
1967 - 1970
1970 - 1972
1972 - 1973
1973 - 1976
1976 - 1979
   
  Soule, Robert Lackland AFB, Texas
Keesler AFB 3383/3385 School Sqdns
Caswell AFS, ME
Saratoga AFS
Miako Jima, Okinawa
Aiken AFS, SC
Lockport AFS, NY
Cape Lisburne AFS, AK
Shaw AFB, SC
Eglin AFB, FL
Shepard AFB, OK
Wright- Patt AFB OH
2/64 - 4/64
4/64 - 3/65
4/66 - 10/66
11/65 - 3/68
4/68 - 4/69
5/69 - 11/71
11/71 - 12/73
12/73 - 12/74
1/74 - 8/77
8/77 - 10 79
11/79 - 1/80
1/80 - 3/84
   

 

Tianen, John

Rockville, Iceland (932nd A C & W)

Aug 62 to Aug 63

http://usradarsitesiceland.com/
 
  Wright, Art 656th Radon Squadron Saratoga Springs, NY
932nd AC&W Squadron Rockville, Iceland
20th Air Division, Sage Fort Lee, Va
615th AC&W Squadron, Neubrucke Germany
507th TAC Control Group, Shaw AFB, Sumter, SC
795th Radar Squadron, Cape Romanzof, AK
20th Air Division Luke AFB, Glendale, AZ
667th AC&W Squadron Hofn, Iceland
Z399 Cudjo Key AFS, Cudjo Key, FL

 
1966 - 1967
1967 - 1968
1968 -1970
1970 - 1973
1973 - 1975
1975 - 1976
1976 - 1984
1984 - 1985
1985 - 1986

 


 
 
  Yoos, Willian "Bill"
Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS
656th Radar Squadron, Saratoga Springs, NY
710th AC&W Squadron, Tin City, AK       

 

July 1961 – Aug 1961
Aug 1961 –July 1962
Aug 1962 – March 1964
April 1964 –April 1965
 
 

 

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