Col. James T. Carbine Jr.

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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

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James T. Carbine Jr., Colonel USAF, of Villanova PA, served over 32 years as a Command
PROFILE:
Pilot and Master Missileman in the US Army Air Corps and USAF. He graduated from USMA on 4 June 1946, having received his pilot wings a few days before from GEN Doolittle. He transitioned into multi-engines and served first as a B-29 (Silverplate - Atomic Bomb Capable) Aircraft Commander with the 509th Bomb Group. Next at Sandia Base, he taught SAC pilots technical/mechanical nuclear weapons crew procedures. This led to missile testing, including nuclear warheads, at Patrick AFB and prepared crews for their deployments of the Matador missiles. Next, he coordinated AF static testing of IRBM (Thor) and ICBM's (Atlas and Minuteman) at Edwards AFB, that at his next assignment led to the AF-acceptance responsibility for the 12 Atlas Missile silos at Plattsburgh AFB, NY, during the Cuban/Soviet missile crisis. His service at AF Systems Command and OJCS, after graduating from ICAF, prepared him for his final tour at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, modernizing the Command and Control Information System. While at OJCS, he was the Study Director of the PONAST II Study that changed the US strategic weapons' targeting strategy. Retired from USAF in 1975.