In addition, I plan to give info on any other Skysweeper personnel I have become aware of over the last several years.

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As of May 18, 2012:

1.
Albert H. Spinks (myself)
Gunnery Officer (1953-1954)
C Battery, 168th AAA Battalion
Ft. Bliss, TX
aspinks3@triad.rr.com

2.
Al Mestan
Commander, C Battery, 168th AAA Battalion
Ft. Bliss, TX
(My wife and I had dinner with Al Mestan at the German Officer's Club, Ft. Bliss, TX, Summer of 1998)
(In October, 2003, Al Metan's daughter, Mary Mestan Thurston, saw this website and contacted me. She told me that Al passed away of a heart condition December 18, 1999, in El Paso. Mary's e-mail address is sunnymary@msn.com)

3.
Sgt. Curtis
Supply Sergeant, C Battery, 168th AAA Battalion
Ft. Bliss, TX
(Al Mestan in 1998 told me that Sgt. Curtis lived in El Paso, TX.)

4.
Ken Bliss
Gun Leader, #2 Gun
C Battery
168th AAA Battalion
March 1955 to September 1956
khbliss@frontiernet.net
"Would love to hear from buddies who were in the 168th!"

5.
Albert H Schwartz
Skysweeper Radar/Computer Repairman
10th AAA at Fairchild AFB 1953-54
Basic training, and Skysweeper school at Ft. Bliss, TX
alberts@comcast.net

6.

8th AAA AW BN, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.
Skysweeper sometime after 1952

John Colburn
In 1954-55, Senior NCO in the Skysweeper Section of the Light Antiaircraft Artillery Division of the Far East Antiaircraft Artillery Specialist School at Hyoshi, Japan.
johnwcolburn@juno.com

7.
Clifford Eggemeyer
SFC in the 168th AAA Bn
Ft. Bliss, TX
Promoted to M/Sgt (E-7) in 1955
(Above John Colburn told me about Clifford Eggemeyer)

8.

Wayne L. Smith
Radar/Computer Maintenance
A Battery
91st AAA Battalion
Wiesbaden, Germany
At Ft. Bliss, TX, for radar/computer course June,1953 to Feb., 1954.
wmith@bellsouth.net

9.
John Snow
Gun Section Leader
"A" Battery, 22nd AAA Gun Batallion (75mm gun)
97th AAA Group
Fort Buckner, Okinawa-56,57 & 58.
Attended 40th AAA School in Japan in 56.(40th AAA Brigade)
mrsnowman@alltel.net

10.
Ralph Flewelling
548th Bn
Loring AFB ME
address:
2359 Essex St
Orono ME 04473
by e-mail can contact at:
budmyers@att.ne

11.
Dr. Mark Davidson
mdavid@spectelresearch.com
Mark's late father, Frank Davidson, was
an engineering manager on the Skysweeper
project in the early 1950's at Sperry Gyroscope Corp.
in Lake Success, Long Island.

12.

SFC Richard D. Matase
Gun Section Leader
B Battery, 867 AAA Bn
Elmendorf AFB
Anchorage, AK
normall1@verizon.net

13.
Bill Staser
Radar Operator
C Battery, 91st AAA Bn
Wiesbaden, Germany
in mid 1950's
bstaser@wabash.net

14.
Lloyd Pickering
Radar School, Ft. Monmouth, NJ
Sweeper Radar School, Aberdeen, MD
Radar and Computer Technician
903th AAA Bn
Ft. Clayton, Canal Zone
pickeringlloyd@atec.army.mil

15.
Don Powell
Gunnery Officer
C Battery
903rd Skysweeper Battalion
Canal Zone, Panama 1955-57
powatpv@bellsouth.net

16.

Jim Stathis
C Btry
22AAA, 97th AAA Gp
Okinawa 1954-1955
chefmaries@verizon.net

17.
Stanley Rubinstein
1st Sgt. 182nd Ord. Det.
Integrated Fire Control Radar Repair
Camp Stewart, Ga.
In service 1954-1956
Closely associated with Skysweeper
stancarole@comcast.net

18.

Darrell Von Watson (Cpl.)
Skysweeper Gun Technician/Mechanic
B Battery - 91st AAA Battalion
Rhine Kaserne, Wiesbaden - Biebrich, Germany
Fort Bliss @ “The Artillery School”, Anti-Aircraft & Guided Missile Branch, 1954
dvonwatson@gmail.com

19.
Steve Barneby
Steve's father was Colonel Garland L Barneby,
Commander of a Nevada National Guard Skysweeper Btn.
Steve says that one of his father's Sweepers is on display
near the Ely, Nevada, airport.
blise@hotmail.com

20.
Sgt. (E5) Frank W. Amadon, III
“B” Battery, 1st Regiment
Enlisted Staff & Faculty
School Brigade
U.S.A.A.D.S. (U S Army Air Defense School.)
Fort Bliss, Texas
fwa3@sbcglobal.net

21.
Davi F. Shellhamer
(nickname--'Firing Pin')
Instructor-Skysweeper School, 1956-1959
Ft. Bliss, TX
Now lives near Allentown, PA
610-395-1530

22.
Gene Naumann
(E5) Supply Sgt of D Battery of 168th Bn
Also was Bn Bugler
He was in the 168th untill 1955
Currently lives in Tulsa, OK
918-477-9062

23.
David M. Ryan (SP4)
5055 Panorama Drive
Panora, IA 50216
641-755-2960
country@netins.net
Personnel Clerk
Served in Hq Bty 168th Bn Dec 56 to Aug 58

24.
Russell Guillette
1328 Mathias Dr.
El Paso, Texas 79903
A Battery of the 168th AAA Battalion
Fort Bliss,Texas
Jan 1956-Nov 1957
e-mail rrgelp@swbell.net

25.
William (Bill) Lancaster
27 Piper's Glen
New London, NH 03257
Hq and Hq Battery, 97th AAA Group
April 1954 to Thanksgiving 1955
Okinawa
E-2 upon arrival, E-5 when departed
bagpiper@tds.net

26.
Ralph McBride
Skysweeper Artillery Mechanic
52 AAA Bn, Castle AFB, CA (1956-1957)
478th & 425th AAA Bns, Savannah River Project, SC.(1957-1958)
457th AAA Bn, Weisbaden Air Base, Germany (1959-1961)
mcbride2@hotmail.com

27.
Will Carpenter
CO HQ Btry,
495th AAA Skysweeper Bn which
Trained at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The 495th was asigned to Thule, Greenland
and later was changed to a Nike Bn.
Will Carpenter later served with the
15th AAA in Korea.
will.carpenter@sbcglobal.net

28.
Joe Calderon
C Battery, 22 AAA
Kadena, Okinawa
1954-1956
amolap1@yahoo.com

29.
Thomas D. Darrow
Site One, C Battery
450th AAA Battalion
1955-1956
Birch Hill,
Ladd Air Force Base,
Fairbanks, AK
td53dchs@coinet.com

30.
Major Richard Fulmer Brown (deceased)
Executive Officer, 168th AAA Battalion
1952-195?
Fort Bliss, Texas
Submitted by Maj. Brown's son
Michael Brown
badhand@badhand.org

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