610 MASS Alumni
1966 - 1978
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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.
Go to your profile and indicate if you’re thinking about attending next year’s reunion or not. It will give us a rough estimate on the number of members planning to attend.
We now have copies (150 weeks) of the 1969 through 1971 weekly Afterburner & FUJI FLYER Yokota base newspapers available for you to look at. Sign in and look at “More Information” on the left side of this page for information on how to access them.
Ever wonder about the history of Yokota. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article on Yokota AB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokota_Air_Base
Over 410 610 MASS folks are on our Facebook page. You can find us @ Friends of 610MASS (Yokota AB Japan) This is the link. Join us.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/140013946042032
We need your help in locating other members of the 610 MASS. We've added a page on the left hand side titled "HELP US FIND THEM." It has partial information on members. We need additional information on. See if you can help us.
610 MASS PLAQUE
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
• Larry D. Ellis
12/4
• Jim Bolliger
12/5
• William Barnes
12/7
• Vernon Glenn
12/7
• Enrico Lachmann
12/7
• Dr. Neil Murray
12/7
• Harry Pritchard (Pritchard)
12/7
• Larry Gilliam
12/8
• Jack Mayson
12/8
• Lawrence Morreira
12/8
• Robert Bates
12/9
• James M. "Mike" Dixon (Rdr)
12/9
• Allen Fisher
12/10
• Daniel W. Ward "("rdr")"
12/11
• Claude Taylor II (A&p)
12/12
• Dennis Breese (Freight)
12/14
• Charles Chase
12/15
• Paul Wisnieski (56 Wrs)
12/15
• William J. Hall
12/16
• Benny D. (Ben) Polly
12/16
• Allen Summers
12/16
• Thomas Thistle
12/16
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