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  • Clifford L Sands
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

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    Naval Career: Air Traffic Controller at NAS South Weymouth - RADAR Operator in VW-2 at Patuxent River, Maryland, flying Lockheed WV-2s on DEW Line relief out of Argentia, Newfoundland to Azores, hurricane tracking in the Caribbean and RADAR coverage of the hijacking of the ship Santa Maria in the South Atlantic. Flew many flights as Fleet RADAR coverage while deployed in the Mediterranean. SARAH operator in Naval Air Development Unit locating actual Mercury capsule on practice flights and down range recovery of Alan Shepherd's and John Glenn's flights.
    Civilian career: Air Traffic Controller and supervisor at San Francisco International Airport, Medford, Oregon, and King Salmon, Alaska. Commercial pilot with Multi-engine rating. Crewed and flew support for Great American Flying Circus. Flew for Mercy Flights Air Ambulance out of Medford, Oregon.

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