Army - 24th Aviation Battalion - Dui W Ribbon X 300 T Shirt

I was assigned to the 24th Aviation Battalion at Oberschleissheim, Germany in late 1963 and served until early 1966. I was senior ground controller there 1966-67.

There were only 5 of us. We were attached to the 24th Avn Bn but billeted in the operations building at the head of the runway, midway between the 24th Bn on the north and another unit on the south, the name of which I have forgotten.

Our building housed the tower but I was not a tower controller except outside normal duty hours when the tower was closed. We ran a 24/7 operation. We monitored flights of CH-34's and O1A's in and out of the airfield. Any guys out there who served there in 63-66, I'd like to hear from you.

My job was to monitor arrivals and departures and report to the central air authority at Munich-Riem, the main airport in Bavaria and the hub of restricted zone monitoring for flights near the Iron Curtain.

The official airfield of the 24th Avn Battalion was in Augsburg. Infantry divisions at that time were authorized one airfield. A reorganization prior to my arrival gave the 24th Infantry Division two airfields to manage, consequently they needed controllers ASAP.

I was trained as a ground pounder but reassigned upon arrival in the 24th and sent immediately to Oberschleissheim.

I had not thought about this stuff for many years before finding this site. It takes me back...

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