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548th Reconnaissance Technical Group
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

What's New

July 24, 2010: Posted email from our reunion photographer on the Reunion Information page. You can review and order the photos he took and also order the memory book from the reunion by using the links on the page.
                        I have been down and out with a cold since flying back from the mainland on Tuesday, so I have not yet added the names to the photos posted on the Reunion Dayton page, will try and get that done this weekend.

July 15, 2010:  Removed reunion registration page, added Reunion Dayton July 2010 page, added 230 photos to the Reunion Dayton July 2010 page, updated Reunion information page with photo information.
                        Added Willie Flavin to in memoriam page, BG Grant said he had passed away and an internet search found his information. His obituary reads: William Eugene Flavin, 63, passed away on November 11, 2009 in The Villages, FL. Bill was born August 24, 1946 in Kansas City, MO. He attended St. Peter's School, Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst College. Bill served in the US Air Force and retired from the DOD, Dept. of the Army. He was an avid reader, enjoyed golf, computers, and had been active in various organizations. He moved to The Villages, FL in 2005.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents John & Constance (Pallardy) Flavin, his brother Tim Flavin and his brother- in-law Jack Ising. He is survived by his sister Connie Ising, Kansas City, brother John (Betty) Flavin, Ridgefield, Conn., sister Mary Flavin, The Villages, FL, sister-in-law Charlotte Flavin, Kansas City and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be at McGilley State Line Chapel, 12301 State Line Rd., Kansas City, MO with the Rosary at 5:00 PM and visitation from 5:30 to 7:30 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4101 E. 105th Terrace, Kansas City, MO at 10:00 AM on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Contributions can be sent to Operation Shoebox, 920 Camino Del Ray Dr., The Villages, FL 32159 or to Cornerstone Hospice, 601 Casa Bella, The Villages, FL 32162.

July 8, 2010: Updated the online store with the reunion price ($3.00) for the 548th coins and added the 548th patch ($5.00) to the store. If ordering, I am now in Dayton and will not be back in Hawaii until about July 20th, will process any orders then.

July 3, 2010: Posted the July Monthly Update.

June 14, 2010: Added Col Vandenberg's Commander's Photo Album with 117 photos from 1974-1975 time frame to the bottow of the People 2 page.

June 11, 2010: Updated reunion information concerning payment and Wright Bro tour.
                          Added photos from Col Schatzley to the Miscellaneous page
                          Added photo from Doug Schlappi to the People page 2.

June 7, 2010: Updated Reunion Information page with no rooms at the Hope Hotel and other hotels in the area with available rooms.

June 6, 2010: Added photos provided by Jim Spencer and Charles Harding to the People 2 page.

June 4, 2010: Added June Monthly Update to the Monthly Update page and updated the Reunion Information page with the new agenda for the reunion.

May 28, 2010: Added info on reunion t-shirts being made by Tony Jackson to the bottom of the Reunion Information page.

May 26, 2010: Added 1971 and 1972 photos and articles of the 548th championship football team provided by Jay Johnson to the 548th Sports 2 page.

May 21, 2010: Updated reunion agenda on Reunion Information page.

May 20, 2010: Added LtCol Thomas E. Angle to In Memoriam page. He passed away in early January 2010 from cancer in Papillion Nebraska. I can not recall where he worked (Deputy Commander for Support, provided by LtCol Steve Alber on 23 May).
                         Updated the Reunion Registration page's Friday activities. Those who have signed up for the Memphis Bell Restoration Tour, were also signed up for the Presidential Aircraft Tour, which follows the Memphis Bell Tour.
                          We reached 200 members, a milestone.

May 19, 2010: Updated Reunion Information page with age limit (No one under 12 YOA), personnel cap (50), and citizenship requirement (Non-U.S. citizen require 3 week notice) on Memphis Bell Restoration Tour on Friday morning.
May 18, 2010: Added times for Friday's Memphis Bell Restoration and Air Force One Tours to Reunion Information page.
                         Updated the Reunion Registration Form, it was giving me the activities for Friday of the members and guests as one entry, so I had to modify the label, no need to resubmit.

May 17, 2010: Updated the Reunion Information page with changes to the dress for the banquet (Aloha Wear), minor change to shedule, and trying to order hats, patches and T-Shirts.

May 15, 2010: Added Reunion Registration page.
                         Updated Monthly Update and Reunion Information pages
                         Added Paypal payment for reunion to Online Store

May 13, 2010: Added new sub-folders for photos which were becoming too large.
                         Added photos provided by Joe Weller to At Work and People pages.
                         Have additional collections from Jay Johnson and Col Vandenburg which I will add when time allows.

May 12, 2010: Added Bobby Hubbard to the In Memoriam page; Joe Weller provided the following information on BK's passing: Just found out that SCPO Bobby K. Hubbard passed away on March 28, 2009. When I at the RTG in 76-79 he was running the Daily Briefing team (we were actually part of IPAC but didn’t go to Camp HM Smith till summer of 1979) that included Capt Jeff Floyd, Ron Muell, Dean Johnson, me and Joe House. This msg was on a Navy site:  I just found out today the very sad news of ISCS Bobby K. Hubbard's passing on 28 March 2009, of a massive heart attack in Pattaya Beach, Thailand. He was the very first SCPO that I worked for when I was on the USS Midway from 1980-1982. A true "Old School" CPO. He was a legend in the Intelligence Community and an even bigger legend (at times) in the liberty community...LOL He was a true leader and mentor. He retired from the Navy in 1986 after a 30 year career and was working as a civilian at Yokota AFB in

Japan

the last time I saw him in 1990. He eventually retired from that job and was living in Angeles City, P.I. and affiliated with the local VFW there. He then moved to Thailand where he was affiliated with the local VFW in Pattaya Beach. I was one of the many Intelligence Specialists to be "B.K. Hubbard Trained" and turned out the better for it. I will add that it was a lot of fun becoming "B.K. Hubbard Trained" while on liberty throughout SE Asia... LOL RIP Hub you will be missed.
Sad news, BK was a piece of work and I know we drove him nuts, Joe
I will send out the May Monthly update when I get the final reunion information from our reunion planning team in Dayton.

April 27, 2010: Added photo provided by Jim Buchan to the 548th Sports page.

April 8, 2010: Added the April Monthly Update and a new Draft Bylaws page. Added photo sent in by Jim Miller to the People page.

March 18, 2010: Added Capt Jim Fitzgerald, who died at Mt. St. Helens in May 1980, to the In Memoriam page, information provided by Jim Buchan.

March 16, 2010: Simplified the membership application.

March 13, 2010: Updated prices of coins in the online store to reflect the postage on the new smaller envelopes and the actual Paypal charges, most prices came down a bit, but the larger orders went up due to the higher Paypal charges. Also changed the March Recce Rag to reflect the new price of one coin.

March 12, 2010: Added the March 2010 Recce Rag to the Recce Rag page.

March 11, 2010: Added the monthly update for March.

March 10, 2010: Just returned from a six day trip to Lanai with no internet, will try and get a monthly update and Recce Rag out in the next few days.

March 2, 2010: Added Julien LaRochelle and Donald R. Gump to the In Memoriam page, information provided by Mark Jessop.

February 27, 2010: The 548th Store is now online for coin sales, will also take payment for the reunion once I get the final cost breakout from our crew in Dayton.

February 25, 2010: Added Major Orren Wilson to the In Memoriam page, information provided by General Grant. Also added Walt Winkleman to the In Memoriam page after I did a search to locate him for Don Koch.
I returned to Hawaii after over a month on the mainland. Yesterday I opened an account for the Association at Bank of Hawaii and setup a store for the website; however, the store is not yet online. Once the bank account is verfied by PAYPAL, I will put the store online to sell the 548th coins and when I get the pricing for the reunion, I will also post it in the store for easy payment. The price of using credit cards is prohibitive, so online payment will be by PAYPAL only, will also accept checks by mail.

February 17, 2010; Added photo provided by Andy Anderson to the At Play page.

February 16, 2010: Added photos provided by Grady Batchelor to the People page.
Finished working two weeks of fixing up our townhouse in North Carolina so we can sell it and a four day car trip from North Carolina to Idaho; I can now get back to work on the website.

February 7, 2010: Added TSgt Jerry Lewis to the In Memoriam page and update information on John Holmes, provided by Patricia (Lewis) Miller.,

January 22, 2010: Added photos from Bill Germer's and Chris Goetz's Facebook pages to At Play and People pages.

January 16, 2010: Added some photos to the History page.

January 14, 2010: Updated the number of AFOUA's for the 548th and added the dates of the awards to the History page.
                               Added photos from Barbara Arnold to At Play (Yes, some are golf, but looks more like play than sports), People and Misc pages.
                               Added photo from Russ Gorrell to the People page.

January 13, 2010: Updated the logo on the Home page with one made up on Power Point by Ben Oakes.
                               Need some additional photos to tell the story of the 548th.

January 10, 2010: Added photos from Nate Copeland to Group, Sports, At Play, At Work, and People pages.

January 6, 2010: Added additional names provided by C. Skelley to "Golf Cart" photo (5th down) on 548th Sports page.
                             Tried to open bank account at Bank of Hawaii for the 548th Association as a non-profit group, but was told I can not do it until we have a meeting/minutes, elect officers and have at least two names on the account. Until then (July), I will open a personal account for the funds and promise not to be the "Meister Brau Man".

January 5, 2010: Added countdown counter to the date of the Reunion to Home page.
                             Added 548th RTG Association mailing address to Home page.

January 4, 2010: Added a photo of the 613 AOC operation inside Hangar Three to the Around Hickam and Hawaii, along with a narrative on what they do. Also added two pictures further down the page of the Puka and new Tradewinds Club.
                             Added photo from JoAnn Spiridigliozzi to Group Photo page.

January 2, 2010: Added photo from Howard Melching to the People page.
                             Added two names provided by Jim Grant to the People page which were missing from the photo of 548th award winners with Govenor George Ariyoshi.
                             Added photos taken at Hickam today to the Hickam and Around Hawaii page.

January 1, 2010: Happy New Year!!
                             Added the January 2010 monthly update and emailed it to members.
                             Added boxes to Membership Application asking new members if they plan on attending the reunion and the number in their party.
                             Added a link to the Monthly Update page on the Reunion Information page.
                             Added photos of the grand opening of the 548th at Hangar Three provided by  Michael Bernstein to the Misc Photo page.
                             Updated the History page with the date of the move to Hangar Three.
                             Added Marc Bernier to the In Memoriam page, He died of lymphoma at age 30 in 1993, provided by Cyd Marckmann.
                            Added photos from Howard Melching to Sports and People pages, also added names to photo on Group Photo page.

December 31, 2009: Added photos from Jim Grant to Hickam and Around Hawaii page.

December 29, 2009: Added photos from Al Marsh to the Dorm Airmen and 548th At Play pages.

December 26, 2009: Added photos provided by BG (Ret) Jim Grant to the Sports, At Work, Open House, and People pages,
                                  Added photos provided by Bill Germer to the People and Misc Pages.

December 22, 2009: Added photos and narrative provided by Ben Oakes to Tools of the Trade, The Photo Lab. If anyone else has Tools of the Trade photos for other sections of the 548th, please send them, this is our history and we need to preserve it.

December 20, 2009: Added 548th RTG reunion flyer with the dates and tentative schedule of the July 8-10 2010 reunion at Dayton to the Reunion Information page.

December 17, 2009: Added photos from Tony Jackson to Sports and People pages.

December 14, 2009: Added the current reunion location survey count to the Reunion Information page; will try and update every morning this week.

December 13, 2009: Removed reunion survey data from membership application.
                                  Add reunion Information page.

December 12, 2009: Added six photos from Joe Weller to Sports, Open House, Dorm, and Misc Photo pages.
                                  Added one photo from Bill Germer's Facebook page to 548th at Work Photo page.

December 10, 2009: Added photo from 548th Children's Christmas Party to Misc Photo page.
                                  If you have any old photos from our days at the 548th, please send.

December 8, 2009: Began highlighting membership roster with new members this week.

December 7, 2009: December 7, 1941 "A day which will live in infamy"
                                 Added a Hawaiian Da Night Bafo Christmas, courtesy of Johnny Eure, JPAC Hawaii, to Misc Page (will remove after Christmas).

December 4, 2009: Added photo credits I was missing in North Carolina, all were from Jim Sertich's Facebook page, thanks Jim.
                                Added 1979 Open House photo montage from my collection.

December 2, 2009: Added photos provided by Allen Marsh to Sports, At Play, Dorm Airman, Misc and the People pages. Also added one of his photos to Tools of the Trade, Photo Interpreter.
                                 Added a comment on a reunion at Dayton Ohio from Doc Blanchard to the December Monthly Update.
                                 Added First Sergeant Malcolm to the In Memoriam page
                                 Recieved two more memberships, bringing us to the 100 mark, a great birthday present for me, 39 and holding.

December 1, 2009: Emailed the 56 548th members that are on Facebook, but who are not on the 548th membership roster, inviting them to visit the 548th website and sign up.  Six immediately signed up, bringing the membership up to 98, near the 100 goal.
                                Added new "Monthly Update" page.

November 27, 2009: Added links to 544th SIW/ARTW and TMS Facebook pages.

November 26, 2009: Added Chris Biskup's story to the November '09 Recce Rag.
                                  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

November 23, 2009: Added photo from Col Boasso to At Work page.
                                  Added 548th motto to History page header.

November 22, 2009: Added link to 548th page on Classmates.com

November 21, 2009: Added photos provided by Col Boasso to Group, People, Open House, and Misc; also added At Work photo provided by Tom Kenney.

November 20, 2009: Added photos to Group, Sports, Play, People, and Misc., Missing some credits, I am in North Carolina, left my notes in Hawaii..

November 11, 2009: Added seven new members today, the best day thus far, happy Veterans Day to all.
                                  Added two more names to the In Memoriam Page
                                  Added member provided names to Group Photos, ASIAT Photo, and Dorm Airman.

November 7, 2009: Added 548th At Work page to photos
                                Added photos provided by Howard Melching to the At Work, Group, and At Play photo pages. New photos will be added to the top of each page as they come in.

November 6, 2009: Added Terry Deininger Facebook photos to the Sports and At Play photo pages; added names Terry Deininger's provided on Facebook to the 1986 Football Team.

November 5, 2009: Added Cartographics Section to the History Page
                                BTW: If you wonder why the small caps on the menu and page headers, that is the nature of this web builder I am using, nothing I can do about it except use another template for the site, but I like this one.

November 3, 2009: Added number count to Membership Roster
                                Added date of death (When Known) to In Memoriam Page

November 2, 2009: Updated names on Garnett Howard's photos of the 1982 Honolulu Marathon and Recce Tech Managers Conference.

November 1, 2009: Added the November 2009 Recce Rag and made-sub pages for the Rag
                                Added an Open House sub-page to Photos
                                Moved the 1979 Open House pages from Miscellaneous to the new Open House sub-page
                                Added photos from Garnett Howard to the photo sub-pages: Group, At Play, Sports, People, and Open House

October 30, 2009: Added "Tools of the Trade" page and sub-pages
                               Added "What's New" page
                               Added link to the new 548th RTG E-Group

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