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- ACTIVE 610 MASS ALUMNI -
Percentage Of Active 610 MASS Alumni:
25.1%
A:
228
Active
B:
682
Inactive
This website is dedicated to all personnel who served in the 610 MASS at Yokota AB, Japan. Please join us by filling out your profile so that you can gain access to the complete website. We're in the process of building this site for you to visit and enjoy so please be patient as we develop it and come back often to look for new updates.
The 610th Military Airlift Support Squadron (MASS) was activated on 8 April 1966 and deactivated on 1 October 1978. Its mission was to provide direct support to the Far East which included Vietnam , Japan and Korea. It handled approximately 126,000 passengers and 16,000 tons of cargo a month. (Ref: Stars & Stripes 07/23/69) It also earned six Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards.
Our members were very proud to support the air evacuations of the wounded from Vietnam, many of which had been wounded only hours before being evacuated. It was also a great honor to support the aircraft bringing back the brave members of the military who had given there lives. All of our members supported these missions tirelessly, in many different ways, and would do what ever it took to see that they were successfully accomplished.
We need your help in locating other members of the 610 MASS so we've added a page on the left hand side titled "HELP US FIND THEM." It has information on members but we need additional information in order to better locate them.Look at the names and see if you can help us.
One of our alumni, Hal Thomas, sent me a VietNam poem written by Steve Walters shortly before Steve passed away. Steve attended our last reunion in Branson just a couple of weeks before his passing. I talked to his son, who was going to get Steve to the reunion come hell or high water, right after Steve passed away and he said his father wanted to attend the reunion very badly. I think Steve knew what was coming and wanted to connect with his friends first. Steve got his wish! To read his poem select his, Roger (Steve) Walters, profile.
Just a reminder. If you want to allow only fellow 610 MASS Alumni to viewyour Profile details and block the public and search engines from accessing your Profile check the box “Profile Visibility” on the bottom of your Profile page. Leave this box unchecked if you wish to allow the public, people surfing the web, (friends, co-workers, family members, etc.) to view your Profile details.
I’ve seen member’s profiles with personal information while surfing the web so make sure you understand what box’s your checking! If you have any questions feel free to contact the webmaster.
Tidbit for today, February 8th 2010, from the National Museum of the USAF Calendar:
(Three bids for Army's first plane approved by Secretary of War - 1908)
610 MASS PLAQUE
If you ever get a chance to visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AF Base in Dayton, Ohio be sure to take a look at our plaque, see above, which was dedicated on September 28, 2005. It's located in the Memorial Park on Wall #2-048. See picture below for the exact location.
To see a slide show of the dedication ceremony log on to this website. Go to bottom of the "Reunion Pictures" and you'll find the password needed to access the dedication ceremony.
Check out the locations of members in your area. Under the states listed on the right hand side of this page select Show 610 MASS Alumni on map. Zoom in and you might be surprized who lives around the corner from you.
On be half of the reunion alumni Harold Mitchell accepted the 610 MASS Squadron Banner from Tom and Debbie Roney and Debbie's daughter Wendy Murray. The banner is collapsible and can be easily transported to any event. It will be displayed at our up coming reunions to help guide our members to important locations. Thank you Tom, Debbie and Wendy from all of us!
If you would like to join the 610 MASS Alumni Association you can do so by filling out the form to the left under "Registration Form". Just copy and paste it to a document, fill it out and then mail it to the address on the form. It's as simple as that. For one year you'll receive a copy of our newsletter, three times a year, along with a master listing, once a year, of everyone's information unless an individual request it to be kept private. You'll also be supporting the Alumni Association in it's efforts to provide information to all those who served in the 610 MASS.
Look at the photos members are posting under the profiles. I'll bet they'll bring back some memories. It seems some of us have gotten older along the way. Select "Classmate Profiles" on the left and then click on "Profile contains photos". Select the names and your there. Check these periodically because people are adding new pictures all the time.
Do you want to know who is coming to the reunion? Select "Classmate Profiles" on the left and then click on "Attending Reunion". Now you know.
Sign on to look at Reunion pictures of the 2000 and 2004 -2009 reunions.
The following is a list of websites that may be useful to you. There’s a tremendous amount of information available for veterans at our fingertips. I’ve only listed a few because there’s just too many to list them all here. Check them out when you get a chance.
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