MPN-14 ASR/PAR Mobile Radar - Robins AFB, GA
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Many thanks to those of you who have sent these photos to me for publication. I have received a lot of e-mail on them in the couple years that they have been on the Internet. If you know anyone in any of the Mobs, 1  through 5, please have them contact me and send photos. If you only have hard copies or negatives, I will be glad to scan them and send the original back to you.

- Kirt Blattenberger

Radar System Designations & Descriptions

AN/SPG-55B
Terrier Missile Fire Control Radar

The fellow on the left with the beard is Jerry Johnson, and the fellow on the right is Richard Snyder. Is this a quintessential shot or what?

Jerry Johnson (L) and Richard Snyder (R) "working" on the  AN/SPG-55B Terrier Missile Fire Control Radar aboard the USS Gridley (DLG-21) Tonkin Gulf (circa 1972). Gary Steinhour photo.
Aboard the USS Gridley (DLG-21)
Tonkin Gulf (circa 1972)
Gary Steinhour photo.

AN/MPN-19

A lot of the 5CCG guys were members of both the AN/MPN-14 shop and the AN/TPN-19 shop. Many have sent photos and experiences, so they have been added to this page as well. If you have ever wondered where radar troops work after leaving the Air Force, wonder no more: Judging by the mail I have been receiving, a huge number of them are either working for the FCC or are now civilian contractors working on overseas contracts.

Operation Desert Storm
Base set up near Abu Dhabi, UAE
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm Camo
(Rahn McCullough photo)

TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
(Rahn McCullough photo)
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm - M.A.S.H. anyone?
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm - M.A.S.H.?
(Rahn McCullough photo)
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
Rahn McCullough
(Rahn McCullough photo)
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
Rahn McCullough
(Rahn McCullough photo)
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm - Tent City
(Rahn McCullough photo)
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
TPN-19: Operation Desert Storm
"Hard Rock Cafe"
(Rahn McCullough photo)

TPN-19 ASR-B Tx (John Cope photo)
TPN-19 ASR-B Tx
(John Cope photo)

530 Shelter in Baghdad (John Cope photo)
530 Shelter in Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)

TPN-19 Radar in Baghdad (John Cope photo)
TPN-19 Radar in Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)

TPN-19 ASR Antenna w/Blackhawk in Background - Baghdad (John Cope photo)

TPN-19 ASR Antenna w/Blackhawk in Background - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)

TPN-19 OPS Scope Alignment - Baghdad (John Cope photo)
TPN-19 OPS Scope Alignment - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 OPS Scope Alignment - Baghdad (John Cope photo)
TPN-19 OPS Scope Alignment - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 AR Shelter - Baghdad (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 AR Shelter - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 Antennas John Cope & John Bullock in Baghdad (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 Antennas John Cope & John Bullock
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 ASR at Sunset - Baghdad (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 ASR at Sunset - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 PAR & Control Tower (left) (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 PAR & Control Tower (left)
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
ATCl Tower (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
ATC Tower - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 Setup in Baghdad (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 Setup in Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 PAR Antenna  (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 PAR Antenna
 (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 PAR & ASR - Baghdad (circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)
TPN-19 PAR & ASR - Baghdad
(circa 2002-03, John Cope photo)

MPN-14, S/N 88

Paul Mayo's AN/MPN-14, S/N 88, first TPX-42 ever installed, Shaw AFB, circa 1974

Thanks to Paul Mayo for this photo of his AN/MPN-14, S/N 88, deployed to Shaw AFB, around 1974. It has the first AN/TPX-42 Interrogator Set (IFF user interface) installed. Paul was not a member of the 5th, but worked at Tac Com (Langley) as a Tech Rep/Field Engineer for AIL on the TPX-42. He did a lot of the mods and TCTOs for the MPN-14s plus training and a couple of deployments (1973 to 1977).

MPN-14 at RAF, Weathersfield, England (circa 1982)
MPN-14 at RAF, Weathersfield, England
(circa 1982, Dan Miller Photo)

MPN-14 Deployed to Loring AFB, ME
(circa 1981, Don Hicks photo)
Commando Leader Don Hicks Calling in Backup
Commando Leader Don Hicks Calling In Backup
MPN-14 Deployed to Sonto Cano AB, Honduras (cicra 1988, Don Hicks photo)
MPN-14 Deployed to Sonto Cano AB, Honduras
(cicra 1988, Don Hicks photo)

Don Hicks, Mark Belore, Mike Jasso, Steve Haynes, J.D. Black, Danny Heagren  (Don Hicks photo)
Don Hicks, Mark Belore, Mike Jasso, Steve Haynes,
 J.D. Black, Danny Heagren  (Don Hicks photo)

Steve Haynes, Desert Storm (circa 1991, Don Hicks photo)
Steve Haynes, Desert Storm
(circa 1991, Don Hicks photo)

Flight Checking the TPN-19 at Grand Forks (Don Hicks photo)
Flight Checking the TPN-19 at Grand Forks
(Don Hicks photo)
Ed Kopp, Joe Kast, Mark Wilson, Mike Shipton, Valdosta, GA  (circa 1987-90, Don Hicks photo)
Ed Kopp, Joe Kast, Mark Wilson, Mike Shipton
Valdosta, GA  (circa 1987-90, Don Hicks photo)

Don Hick On MPN-14 Ops Trailer
 - prior to camouflage paint job -
(circa 1978-79, Don Hicks photo

MPN-14 RAPCON  (circa 1980-82, Don Hicks photo)

TPN-19 PAR Radar (Don Hicks photo)

Dave Paschal (Don Hicks photo)

Don Hicks, Steve Haynes, Mark Wilson, Mike Shipton
Shaw AFB (Don Hicks photo)
Mark Goodrich, Dave Derman (Don Hicks photo)
Mark Goodrich, Dave Derman
(Don Hicks photo)