193rd Special Operations Wing Association
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We are checking into this but it has to be some kind of record. The 193rd was presented the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the 16th time during our PA ANG Flight of Freedom ceremony Sept 8 by Deputy Adjutant General – Air, Brig. Gen. Tony Carrelli. COL Dickinson, our wing commander accepted the award for the wing.
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We are checking into this but it has to be some kind of record. The 193rd was pr…
This link is the August Scope Aug 13 Scope
This new yearbook covers the Wing and its activities from 1997 through 2012. Copies can be obtained at the Association booth during the Family day activities on 8 Sep at a cost of $20.00. For additional information contact SMS David Hawkins at david.hawkins@ang.af.mil or (Ret) Lt Col David Palmer at djpalmer@epix.net. Or mail a check for $20.00 plus $2.00 for postage to our Circulation Department, 701 Center Drive, Palmyra PA 17078, and a copy will be mailed to you.
Sixty-five years and still going strong! From its beginning in 1947 with the F-51 Mustang at Reading Airfield as the 148th Fighter Squadron, through the transition to the C-46 Commando and C-47 Dakota and the move to Olmsted Air Force Base, then the Harrisburg International Airport to the electronic missions of the EC-121 Coronet Solo, EC-130 Volant Solo and Commando Solo. One common theme connects all of the current and former members of the 193rd Special Operations Wing, an intense dedication to the mission! That dedication has earned our Wing 15 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, two with a “V” for combat valor as well as a Meritorious Unit Award. Our Wing continues to serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and our nation with distinction. It is with great pride that we present this history book as a testimony of the courage and devotion of the nearly 1,800 men and women of the 193rd SOW.
Nicholas John Bereschak, Sr., Colonel, USAF, PaANG (Ret) of Hershey, PA passed to the bosom of our Lord July 10, 2013. He is survived by Eleanore Bereschak Nee Souchak with whom he was married more than 50 years. He is also survived by daughter Barbara A. Bereschak (husband Tom M. Imboden), sons Nicholas J. Bereschak Jr, Brian P. Bereschak, Thomas A. Bereschak (wife Chrissy Trexler), Sisters Mary J. Mazur and Helen L. Bereschak, Sisters In Law Helen F. Bereschak and Dorothy Souchack, and Brother In Law Russell Souchak (wife Dorothy). He was born in Maple Ridge, PA in 1923 to father Nicholas Bereschak and mother Susan Bereschak. He lived in Shenandoah, PA and graduated from West Mahanoy Township High School in 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 and completed pilot training in 1945 and subsequently attended Penn State University. He joined the PA Air National Guard in 1949. During his military career he served during World War II and flew combat missions during the Korean and Viet Nam Wars. His first command position was with the 148th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in Reading and he later assumed command of what would be become the 193rd Tactical Electronic Warfare Group at Olmstead Air Force Base in Middletown, PA. He accumulated more than 15,000 flight hours during his long and distinguished career. He served as Group Commander until his retirement in 1979. He was a member of St. Ann’s Byzantine Catholic Church since its founding in 1963. Panachida will be celebrated at 6:00 PM on Monday, July 15th followed by visitation until 8:00 PM in the Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., Rt. 422 & Lucy Avenue in Hershey. Devine Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated on July 16th at 10:30 AM in St. Ann’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 5408 Locust Lane, Harrisburg, PA 17109. Interment with military honors will immediately follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to his church.
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This link is to the Associations 2013 Volume 2 newsletter nsltr 7 13c