463rd Airlifters Association
Dedicated to preserving the heritage of the airlift units assigned to the "463rd" and promoting comradery among all members, past and present.
NOTICE -> Reunion 2010 will be held 8 August - 11 August 2010 at the Hope Hotel outside Wright Patterson AFB, OH.
Reunion 2009 was held 31 August - 3 September 2009 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
See Jim William's photos from Reunion 2009
Anyone else have photos they want to share with us?
View previous Reunion Group photos
View the 2003 Reunion photo album
View the 2004 Reunion photo album
2005 Reunion photos: Hospitality Room / Cookout / 445th AW visit / Banquet pg 1 / Banquet pg 2 / Miscellaneous
2006 Reunion photos: Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Thanks to Shaky and Dan Flanagan for supplying the photos!
2007 Reunion photos: Page 1 / Page 2 / Thanks to Bruce Langerlan for supplying the photos!
2008 Reunion photos: Index / Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 /
463rd Airlifters Association Newsletters.
Read the first issue (Jan-Mar 2006) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the second issue (Apr-Jun 2006) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the third issue (Jul-Sep 2006) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the forth issue (Oct 2006 -Mar 2007) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the fifth issue (Apr 2007 -Aug 2007) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the sixth issue (Sep 2007 -Mar 2008) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the seventh issue (Mar 2008 -Aug 2008) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
Read the eighth issue (Sep 2008 -Mar 2009) in Adobe Acrobat PDF form by clicking here.
C-130 Articles from AMC News Service "Air Force hero marks 50 years of service"
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| Officers as elected at the 2009 Reunion. Jerry Haines, President; Robert Powell, Vice-President; Rick Kirkpatrick, Secretary; Ralph Fischer, Treasurer; Joseph Mobely, Chaplin; Mike Gaylor, Archivist/Historian; Phil Tenny, Pacific Time Zone Coordinator; James Williams, Mountain Time Zone Coordinator; Earl Schurman, Central Time Zone Coordinator; Eugene Carriker, Eastern Time Zone Coordinator. |
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463TAW plaque in U.S. Air Force Museum memorial garden dedicated at the 2003 Reunion |
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View Fred Shippey's photos
of the 463rd TCW / TAW in 1967.
For those of you that served on Mactan, I have made available WELCOME TO MACTAN and the 15 Dec 66 (Vol. I No. 20) issue of YANKEE DOODLE in Acrobat PDF file format. Welcome to Mactan is 2.8MB and the Yankee Doodle is 7.8MB.
| New as of 20 Dec 05 | ||
| Bob Frost has contributed an issue of the YANKEE DOODLE from 1967. | ||
| 10 Apr 67 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.II No.7 | 7.3 MB | |
| New as of 21 Jan 06 | ||
| Col. Gene Aenchbacher has contributed eight issues of the YANKEE DOODLE from his 1966 tenure as 463rd TCW Commander. | ||
| 21 Feb 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.1 | 3.0MB | |
| 4 Apr 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.4 | 5.5MB | |
| 23 May 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.7 | 6.0MB | |
| 25 Jul 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.11 | 5.4MB | |
| 22 Aug 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.13 | 5.7MB | |
| 5 Sep 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.14 | 7.2MB | |
| 19 Sep 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.15 | 8.0MB | |
| 10 Oct 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.16 | 6.8MB | |
| New as of 22 Jan 06 | ||
| Rodman "Rocky" Rocke has contributed two issues of the YANKEE DOODLE from 1966. | ||
| 31 Oct 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.17 | 6.8MB | |
| 14 Nov 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.18 | 7.2MB | |
| 463rd TCW sergeant major CMSGT Jim Mills, Jr. has contributed three issues of the YANKEE DOODLE from 1966. The last page of Vol. 1 No.8 has a very nice profile of him. Thanks, Chief! | ||
| 1 May 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.6 | 6.0MB | |
| 6 Jun 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.8 | 6.0MB | |
| 4 Jul 66 YANKEE DOODLE Vol.I No.10 | 6.0MB | |
Windell Driskell; Tony Moody; Jim Taylor; John Hanna; Jerry Haines; Tom White; Jim DeArman; Joe Hitchcock; Clarence Dick; Bob Powell (Mactan, The Breeze Way, TSN, Clark, People); Don Gruber
For more information send an email message to webmaster at 463rdairliftersassoc.org | Hint: Replace the at in the address with @
Fred Shippey, 9 October 2009
