Finding Callie 6 Operation Igloo White: 1969-1970 21 Fortresses on the Deck 41 The magazine of the Air Force Museum Foundation | afmuseum.com | Summer 2022, Vol. 45 No. 3 LaRockUSAF/Ken
Mr. Charles J. Faruki
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Mr. Jon G. Hazelton Mr. Charles F. Kettering III
Col Frederick D. Gregory Sr., USAF (Ret)
Mr. Scott J. Seymour
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS
Col James F. Blackman, USAF (Ret)
Mr. Scott L. Jones
CMSAF Gerald R. Murray, USAF (Ret)
Mr. Philip L. Soucy Mr. Harry W. (Wes) Stowers Jr. Mr. Robert J. Suttman II, CFA
Brig Gen Paul R. Cooper, USAF (Ret)
Everything needs restoration over time, including people. A change of pace can be restorative. A person’s effectiveness in their job will slowly decline if they don’t occasionally take a vacation to restore their well-being. Items can also be restorative. What makes an object signifi cant depends on its importance to each of us. Grandpa’s ‘55 Chevy, Mom’s prized doll collection — these artifacts keep us personally connected to, and restore our understanding of, our past. They are important because where we came from is part of who we have become. These items also need to be restored over time because nothing is truly “built to last.” The Restoration Division of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force ™ takes that job very seriously when it comes to items of historical signifi cance. Artifacts are typically worn by normal use but may also have suffered damage in their earlier environments. The work the staff of the Restoration Division does taking an aged, weathered, aircraft or other object that is missing parts and pieces, been shot down, buried, or worse and bringing it back to life is nothing short of miraculous. The restoration of historic aircraft is vital to restoring our connection with the history and heritage of the U.S. Air Force. They help retell a story, giving you a chance to share an experience, to maybe (with a little imagination), relive a unique time in our past — to make a personal connection. And that is the key to preserving history!
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A WARM WELCOME…
RESTORATION
Mr. Ki Ho Kang
Ms. Linda Y. Cureton
Dr. Pamela A. Drew
Ms. Anita Emoff
Maj Gen E. Ann Harrell, USAF (Ret)
SECRETARY Gen Lester L. Lyles, USAF (Ret)
Mr. Scott E. Lundy Lt Col Angela L. Billings, USAF (Ret)
CHAIR Lt Gen C.D. Moore II, USAF (Ret) VICE CHAIR
Dr. Thomas J. Lasley II Maj Gen Ted Maxwell, USAF (Ret) Maj Gen Brian C. Newby, USAF (Ret) Gen Gary L. North, USAF (Ret)
Col Mark N. Brown, USAF (Ret) Mr. James F. Dicke II Ms. Frances A. Duntz
Mr. John G. Brauneis
Mr. James L. Jennings
Mr. Patrick L. McGohan
Mr. Benjamin T. Guthrie
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Mr. R. Daniel Sadlier Col James B. Schepley, USAF (Ret)
As you may have heard by now, following an extensive search and an exhaustive evaluation of candidates the Air Force Museum Foundation Board of Trustees has selected and hired our new Chief Executive Officer. Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Rorie Cartier, PhD. Rorie comes to us from the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum where he was Executive Director. He has also held positions at the National Museum of the Pacific War, the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, and the National WWII Museum.
You will be hearing more about and from Rorie soon.
Melinda Lawrence Air Force Museum Foundation Acting Chief Executive Officer
Lt Gen Richard V. Reynolds, USAF (Ret) Col Susan E. Richardson, USAF (Ret) Gen Charles T. (Tony) Robertson, USAF (Ret)
Mr. Edgar M. Purvis Jr. Maj Gen Frederick F. Roggero, USAF (Ret) CMSgt Darla J. Torres, USAF (Ret) Mr. Randy Tymofichuk
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“There was nothing below him but the Everglades some 2,000 feet down. And he didn’t have on a parachute!”
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3FRIENDS JOURNAL ❙ summer 2022 what’s inside IN EVERY ISSUE 4 | EDITOR’S NOTES Museum – front and center 5 | FRIENDS FEEDBACK 27 | ABOVE & BEYOND Medal of Honor recipient: 2nd Lt Joseph R. Sarnoski 28 | CLASSIC AIRCRAFT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE USAF™ Thomas-Morse S4C Scout 32 | RESTORATION REPORT Updates on Curtis JN4D Jenny, Douglas A-H Skyraider, and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker restoration 52 | UPCOMING EVENTS AND EXHIBITS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE USAF The Museum celebrates the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force this year with new permanent exhibits, special exhibits, and exciting events; plus Open Aircraft Days and Plane Talks. On the Cover: NMUSAF Collection Management Curator Jackie Heiss poses with Callie — see story on page 6. U.S. Air Force Photo/Ken LaRock FEATURES 6 | FINDING CALLIE “Callie, a Dutch Shepherd, was the only search and rescue dog in the Department of Defense.” 11 |
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OPERATION IGLOO WHITE 1969-1970 “In 1969 this seemed more like science fi ction than a real way to fight a war.”
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS ALERT Falls tower was speechless when they heard fi ve aircraft were inbound fully armed with nuclear weapons for landing.”
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THE CHUTE was fifty-three years ago, and I haven’t heard any more, so maybe the Supply Offi cer has forgotten about it...”
TWO PLACE TF-86F SABREJET ship’s nose slowly dropped; and in a steep left bank, the airplane slowly arched down and crashed in a giant fireball.”
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in the Friends Journal articles and Feedback letters are solely those of the authors in their private capacity and do not necessarily represent the views of the Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., the United States Air Force or any other entity or agency of the U.S. Government. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
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38 | WHO NEEDS SLEEP WHEN YOU CAN FLY “I led a fourship on the third day against a force that was only seven miles from the base.”
TESTING AIRMUNITIONS may I call you back as we are in the middle of a firing?” He replied, “No. General Anderson is talking with General LeMay, and they want an answer now.”
41 | FORTRESSES ON THE DECK “When I leveled off at 200 feet, I picked up the wake of the ship.”
THE LOSS OF BE-006 “Apparently, on one of the take-offs piloted by Pain, engine #4 ignited in flames.”
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The Memphis Belle™ is a perfect example; it has been on display since May of 2018, but the Restoration Division is still working on finishing up the inside of the aircraft.
And the fact that an aircraft is on display does not mean that the Restoration Division is done working on it. Aircraft that are suspended from the roof of a gallery are obviously inaccessible, so work is completed before they are placed on display. However, those on the floor are not necessarily completed.
The Restoration Division is working on (or monitoring work being done on) at least a dozen aerospace vehicles or items for exhibits. In this issue you’ll read an update and see photos of the latest progress on the World War I-era Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, the Southeast Asia War-era Douglas A-1H Skyraider, and the recently arrived Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker representing an aircraft that has served the U.S. Air Force since 1957. Also in this issue, you’ll read a behind the scenes account of the planning and implementation of the Museum’s latest exhibit A Force for Good: Department of the Air Force Humanitarian Missions by the Collection Management Division. The author, a co-curator of the exhibit, describes the process of developing it from an idea to a completed display, including a unique aspect she discovered and incorporated.
The work that is done depends not only on what the aircraft needs to be restored but also what it needs based on where it will displayed. Aircraft on static display outdoors have different needs than aircraft displayed inside the Museum. For example, birds can be a particular problem for aircraft displayed outdoors, so special measures are taken to prevent them from gaining access to the inside of the aircraft.
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Back by popular demand after a hiatus of a year and a half, it has been expanded to two pages to better cover all the work the Museum’s Restoration Division does in restoring and preparing aircraft for display here at the world’s oldest and largest aviation museum.
This issue sees the return of the Restoration Report to the Friends Journal.
4 AIR FORCE LEADERSHIPFOUNDATIONMUSEUMTEAM ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Melinda Lawrence CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Christopher Adkins-Lamb DIRECTOR, FOOD SERVICE AND FACILITIES Gary Beisner DIRECTOR, EVENTS Mary Bruggeman DIRECTOR, ATTRACTIONS William Horner DIRECTOR, RETAIL Melinda Lawrence ACTING DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION Cheryl Prichard DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES Sarah Shatzkin DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING Crystal Van Hoose NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE™ DIRECTOR David Tillotson III FRIENDS JOURNAL EDITOR Alan Armitage CREATIVE MANAGER Cheryl Prichard If your Friends Journal is damaged during delivery, you have a question about delivery, or you have a change of address or other information, please contact the FRIENDS OFFICE: 937.258.1225 friends@afmuseum.com The Friends Journal is published quarterly by the Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., a Section 501(c)(3) private, non-profit organization dedicated to the expansion and improvement of the National Museum of the U.S. Air ForceTM and to the preservation of the history of the United States Air Force. The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. is not part of the Department of Defense or any of its components and it has no government status. Printed in the USA. USPS Standard A rate postage paid at Dayton, OH. The Friends Journal is mailed on a quarterly basis to donors to the Air Force Museum Foundation. editor’s notes MUSEUM – FRONT AND CENTER
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In response to Huskies in Greenland, Mike Haap wrote of his experiences in Greenland: “I was stationed there twice on TDY as an Army Signal Corps Spec. 4, Weather Observer. The first time was in 1961 from February to July. I returned to Greenland in July 1962 and stayed until October. I don’t recall seeing the H-43 helicopter that Col. Ryland Dreibelbis flew — maybe they hadn’t arrived at Thule AB yet. Col. Dreibelbis mentioned supporting the U.S. Coast Guard communications station that had no road access to it. I believe it was a LORAN station. [Editor’s Note: LORAN, short for long range navigation, was developed during World War II and compared the time delay between two different radio signals to triangulate a plane or ships position to within a few hundred feet.]
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“By the way I think that this was when your F-86 was on display outside. He was talking to mom and us about working on this type in Korea. Pushed the button for the steps and when they extended he commented that he never expected that to still work!”
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The stamp in this issue is a 1957 6-cent air mail stamp featuring a banking B-52 Stratofortress with three F-104 Starfighters in the background. The wording “Fiftieth Anniversary United States Air Force” is wrapped around the top right corner, the Air Force eagle and thunderbolt shield are superimposed on the B-52’s wing in the upper left corner, and the color is Air Force blue. The stamp was issued on August 1, 1957, based on the signing of the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947. The act, which established the Air Force effective September 18 of that year, was signed by President Harry Truman aboard VC-54C Sacred Cow. The aircraft, a copy of the signed act, and the pen used by the president to sign the act, are on display in the Museum’s Presidential Gallery.
“Thanks for another great article. Keep them coming.”
“I TRIED TO BUY YOU.” Nevin Stolte shared some memories about his father’s service: “Dad was in material control for the fi ghter section at Wurtsmith AFB, Oscoda, Michigan, 1966-68. One of the aircraft was being moved I think from the wash rack to be put back on the line. Well, somehow the plane clipped the door of the hanger and dented the wing tip. This started a search for a replacement part. Dad called any-and-all F-102 squadrons; nobody had one. (He always joked that he would like to know how much he spent on phone calls.) After that search failed, one of the officers in the room suggested to “call the Air Force Museum in Dayton to see if they would take the one off of the display aircraft and tell them that they would send them one to replace it”
So my father did what he was told. The lady that answered the phone he said listened politely to his story and suggestions. She answered with “Sarge are you nuts? We don’t operate like that.” A few years later Dad stopped at the museum on our way to being stationed at Clark Air Base, Philippines. He walked up to your 102 patted it on the wing tip and said, “I tried to buy you.”
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“In 1962 we’d see the Coasties driving to it past our driveway. We actually drove to the LORAN Station in our 3/4-ton vehicle. It wasn’t the best road but it was navigable. Maybe it was later washed out by one of the melt streams that I recall driving thru as we went there. When we got there we talked to a couple Happ
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One challenge of exhibit curation and interpretation is determining exactly which stories to tell. The exhibit development process typically starts with a thesis and an outline of some sort, where the big idea and broad strokes of the narrative are established. In the case of A Force for Good: Department of the Air Force Humanitarian Missions, the big idea was simple: humanitarian missions rely on the fundamental training, equipment, and technologies of the Department of the Air Force to help people around the world. Regardless of the mission’s nature,
Airmen, Guardians, and their global partners are prepared to execute — any time, any place. The outline’s broad strokes were divided into fi ve content areas: aerial deliveries, goodwill missions, relief and rescue, global firefighting, and critical care. The team was determined to explore these topics through contemporary stories, focusing on the individuals who worked so hard to accomplish their missions. But, there’s a finite amount of time, space, and resources. Unfortunately, this means that not every interesting storyline will fi nd a place on the wall or in a case. Plus, exhibit development is a collaborative process. There’s inevitably some give and take between team members to balance both personal interests and organizational expectations. Sometimes though, you come across a story that you simply cannot — and will not — let pass.
Finding callie
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BY JACKIE HEISS, COLLECTION MANAGEMENT CURATOR, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US AIR FORCE
Planning for the exhibit kicked off in September 2020. We were about five months in, and the exhibit team was charging full steam ahead conducting research, writing content, collecting artifacts, and refining design concepts. I was looking at search and rescue topics when I found her: Callie, a Dutch Shepherd and, at the time, the only search and rescue (SAR) dog in the Department of Defense (DOD). From the first sentence I read about Callie, I knew she was going to make the cut. She had to. A oneof-a-kind Air Force asset? Check. A program launched through a
7FRIENDS JOURNAL ❙ summer 2022 ☛ single, determined Airman’s sheer force of will? Check. An enviable social media presence, showing off Callie’s skills and personality in all of her canine glory? Check, check, check. This dog had it all and I wanted to know everything about her. And frankly, I knew a significant portion of the Museum’s visitors would too. I turned to convincing my exhibit team of what I already knew: Callie and her handler, MSgt Rudy Parsons, a pararescueman (PJ) with the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, were the perfect additions. As far as I was concerned, their story embodied what our entire exhibit was aiming to do. Military working dogs (MWDs) are an essential component of many Air Force operations, and Callie represented the Air Force adapting and applying existing capabilities to humanitarian missions. To be honest, it wasn’t a hard sell. Within weeks, I’d made contact with Master Sergeant Parsons and had a Zoom interview on the calendar. What I’d learned in my own research barely scratched the surface of Master Sergeant Parsons and Callie’s story. Over the course of forty minutes in April 2021, Master Sergeant Parsons walked us through his background, his advocacy for a SAR component within the DOD’s military working dog program, and what the last two years had looked like for him and Callie. Most articles I had read about the SAR dog program started by describing a scene in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010 following a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake. A group of AF Special Operations Command (AFSOC) PJs and combat controllers were told there were children trapped in a collapsed schoolhouse. They spent days searching the rubble, pulling rocks off the pile one at a time, hoping to catch a sight or sound of any survivors below. Once a runway was cleared and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was able to land aircraft, they entered the search with SAR dogs. After just twenty minutes, they determined there was no one in the building. Days of work had been reduced to minutes, all thanks to the dogs. While Master Sergeant Parsons was still in training in 2010 during the earthquake response in Haiti, his investigations into rumors surrounding a SAR dog led him back to that schoolhouse in Portau-Prince. The effectiveness of the FEMA dogs was a significant talking point, especially when considered in the context of AFSOC. If AFSOC was going to be the first on the scene in a disaster response scenario, Master Sergeant Parsons concluded they should be arriving with the life-saving skills a SAR dog provides. In 2018, Master Sergeant Parsons began championing the SAR MSgt Rudy Parsons, a pararescueman (PJ) with the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, and military working dog (MWD) Callie, pose for photos at the new Humanitarian Exhibit at the Museum. photoNMUSAF/LaRock
Callie, a Dutch Shepard, is qualified for most pararescue insertion methods with Master Sergeant Parsons, such as fast roping, rappelling and parachuting.
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With Penn Vet, Callie learned the basic skills that would serve as the foundation of her SAR capabilities. Things like drive, agility, obedience, direction, and control are key in Callie’s ability to do live area fi nds — detecting living people, fi nding them, and alerting Master Sergeant Parsons to their locations. Live area scent is only half of the equation, though. The response time of organizations like FEMA are often limited by their transportation and insertion options. In the case of Haiti in 2010, they had to wait for a runway to be cleared to land airplanes on the scene, putting their SAR teams three days behind the AFSOC operators. Like other special operations MWDs, Callie and Master Sergeant Parsons can enter the search area by parachuting, fast roping, or rappelling. They have completed training for mountain rescue and alpine maneuvers, and spent time working on surface swimming and boat exercises. By coupling SAR dog capabilities with the rapid response capabilities of AFSOC’s special tactics operators, Callie and Master Sergeant Parsons are a uniquely qualified team that can go places no one else can, faster than anyone else can get there.
Fast forward about a year to early 2022. The planning for a private evening ceremony and a public, full-day, grand opening celebration of A Force for Good was ongoing, with the event scheduled for February. Master Sergeant Parsons and Callie were slated to attend and conduct demonstrations during the public opening. It would be an understatement to say I was excited their names were on the list of participants. In mid-January, due to COVID-19, the decision was made to push the opening back to April. The date change meant Master Sergeant Parsons could no longer attend due to a schedule conflict. I tried to fight my disappointment and focus on the silver linings. Master Sergeant Parsons was deeply apologetic about missing the opening. As an enthusiastic supporter of the exhibit from the beginning, I was confi dent there would be an opportunity for him and Callie to come to the Museum in the future. Besides, there would be many other people in attendance I was eager to meet, and with whom I was looking forward to fi nally celebrating the opening of the exhibit. It was going to be a great weekend, no matter what. Imagine my delight and surprise when I learned on Friday morning — the day before the public event — that Master Sergeant Parsons was on his way home from a trip, and planned to be at the Museum the next morning. Naturally, that meant from the minute the Museum opened on Saturday, I was on the look-out for Callie’s attentive ears and her sweet, focused face.
Callie’s namesake, a border collie, was deployed to the Pentagon with her handler Peggy Faith on 9/11 to search for survivors.
Typically, MWDs and handlers across all branches of the DOD are trained at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, Texas by the 341st Training Squadron. But, because they did not conduct SAR dog training, they recommended going outside the DOD. This led Master Sergeant Parsons to the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, a part of the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school. Developed in part as a response to the attacks on September 11, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center opened in 2012 and is a premier research and training facility for working dogs. The sheer scale of SAR operations in the aftermath of 9/11 highlighted the need for more dogs with SAR capabilities, as well as the defi cit in standards for working dogs. Many of the dogs that come out of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center are named in honor of the dogs and handlers who deployed on 9/11 to the Pentagon or World Trade Center to aid in search efforts. Others, for officers and firefighters of the New York City police and fi re departments who were dispatched to the World Trade Center. A third group, for SAR dogs who served as control samples in a research study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school following 9/11 to track the long term health of dogs who worked the disaster sites.
Undoubtedly, the SAR dog program would not exist had it not been for Master Sergeant Parsons recognizing the capabilities of SAR dogs, subsequently championing the program, and ultimately getting it approved. It has been a great privilege and honor to watch the SAR dog program grow in real time under MSgt Rudy Parsons’ care, and I look forward to seeing more of him, Callie, and Pits in the future. I can only hope the Museum’s visitors enjoy learning about their story as much as I have. I should probably start thinking about a bigger exhibit panel.
So what’s next for Master Sergeant Parsons, Callie, and the SAR dog program? At the time of our interview, Callie was considered a prototype. There was some uncertainty about what the SAR dog program would be going forward, and there was a real possibility it would end up being a one-dog program. That all changed with Pits, a Belgian Malinois, named for PJ and Medal of Honor recipient, Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger.
Author Jackie Heiss is a Museum Specialist in NMUSAF’s Collection Management Division and has been on staff since completing graduate school in 2016. In addition to co-curating the exhibit, A Force for Good: Department of the Air Force Humanitarian Missions, she spends most of her days working with the Museum’s three-dimensional collection, processing new donations, developing storage solutions, and managing the divisional budget. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wright State University. to know that the information we put out and how we presented it was how they would have presented it themselves. And not just for Master Sergeant Parsons and Callie, but for all the subjects we covered. Thanks to that day, I am confi dent that we accomplished that goal.
To have them there, and to walk Master Sergeant Parsons through the exhibit to see where he and Callie fit into our larger humanitarian narrative, was more than I could have ever imagined. Getting to pet Callie, take pictures with her and Master Sergeant Parsons, and watch them do impromptu search demonstrations in the galleries? That was the cherry on top of a truly unforgettable weekend. The reality is the work we do at the Museum is not for us. It’s for the public, for the Air Force, and — most importantly — for the people who patriotically serve, and generously give their time, objects, and stories. There are few things more rewarding than sharing the fi nished product of an exhibit or event with the people who made it possible. All I wanted out of the exhibit was for the people involved to feel we did their stories justice;
I would be lying if I said I was calm, cool, or collected when I finally met Callie and Master Sergeant Parsons in person. After our interview, I had spent hours writing — and rewriting — the panel that would go in the exhibit. Over the last year, I’d told everyone I knew about the DOD’s only SAR dog, how fantastic her handler had been to talk to, and that they absolutely had to see Callie’s Instagram account (@sar_pup — you will not regret giving them a follow).
Pits was first presented to the world on Callie’s Instagram on April 11, 2022, on the 56th anniversary of Airman Pitsenbarger’s heroic actions. Pits, now about eight months old, has passed her initial veterinary evaluations and begun her basic SAR training with Parsons. Another PJ in the 123rd STS is also being trained as a second handler. In the coming months, Master Sergeant Parsons and Pits will focus on her foundational SAR skills, and then will begin her tactical PJ training next year. Callie and Pits will both be jumping out of airplanes in no time.
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