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1st MA-1 Systems Class 1Apr1958

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By Gary Chaney, SMSgt Ret
First Air Force Class to graduate from
MA-1 Systems Course at Hughes factory school around April 1958.
They were the first to be awarded AFSC 322X1A MA-1 (Weenies haha).
From Back row Left to right (1)Lt Sullivan (2)SSgt Chaney (3)Ssgt Bonham(9)SSgt
Pool (10)Sgt Stovall. Front row Left to right (4)TSgt Cobb (5)SSgt Ledoux 6)Ssgt Russell (7)Tsgt White
(8)Msgt Greer (9)Msgt Duncan. Most of this group went to the F106 Test Force
at Edwards AFB. If anyone can name others in this photo please let me know.
From Milt Bonham, MSgt (Ret), 8 Jul 07: Back row #4 SSgt Melton, #5 SSgt Duff, #6 TSgt Knaus, #10 MSgt Willis.
Front Row #1 A1C Pugliese, #3 TSgt Tanner.
We finished June 1958 and about half of us went to Edwards for the F106 Joint Test Force.
It ran for a year and ended June 1959. I was there the entire year and helped shut down the project.