PERSONNEL OF THE 551ST
AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL WING AND THE 551ST AIR BASE GROUP AT OTIS
AIR FORCE BASE, MASSACHUSETTS, WHO WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MISSION SUPPORT TO THE SUPER CONSTELLATIONS AND THEIR FLIGHT
CREWS WHO PERFORMED RADAR PATROL MISSIONS OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC. THOSE MISSIONS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT
SUPPORT FROM NUMEROUS SPECIALTIES SUCH AS SECURITY POLICE, MEDICAL, SUPPLY, PERSONNEL,
FOOD SERVICE, MAINTENANCE, FUELING, FIRE RESCUE, TRANSPORTATION, ETC. [USAF photograph provided courtesy of Jesse E.
Pruden] |