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55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ( USAF ACC)

" Pole Vaulters"

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	55 WRS " Pole Vaulters" ( USAF ACC)
	Status:	Disbanded
	Version:	HC-130

	Role:	Weather Reconnaissanceand Atmospheric Sampling
	Tailband:	N/A
	Motto:	N/A
	Badge:	N/A
Started flying WC-130s along side WC-135s from 1970 to 1975 at McClellan AFB, California. During 1975 converted to the HC-130 but the WC-135s remained the active. Inactivated at the end of the cold war in 1993. During its time the squadron flew atmospheric sampling missions over the Pacific and Arctic region to monitor radiation from nuclear tests for breaches of treaties. After the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, the squadron monitored atmospheric radiation.

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Oct 24, 2023 - 04:49 AM

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When I was assigned to 55 WRS at McClelllan AFB in Sacramento California in 1963. The assigned Aircraft were WB 50’s, one WC 130 B and were just getting the WB 47’s. The unit was just getting the WC 135’s when I left in 1965

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