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Dean Harpster (deanharpster)
US

1C-USAF Service: 45th Space Wing (1995-99)

 

Following a nine-month meteorology traing program at Keesler AFB near Biloxi, Mississippi, I was transferred to the 45th Weather Squadron of the 45th Space Wing for my third active duty assignment. The 45th SW was headquartered at Patrick AFB near Cocoa Beach, Florida. This collection covers the aircraft and rockets for which I provided weather support during that assignment.

PATRICK AFB TENANT UNIT SUPPORT
I provided weather forecasts on a regular basis to aircrews flying the following aircraft out of Patrick AFB.
- HC-130P/N Combat King (AFRES)
- HH-60G Pave Hawk (USAF/AFRES)
- OV-10D+ Bronco (DoSAW)
- T-41A Mescalero (USAF)

SPACE LAUNCH
Working from Cape Canaveral Air Station, I was responsible for weather forecasts on space launch missions for the following rockets.
- Atlas IIAS (NASA)
- Delta II (NASA)
- Delta III (NASA/Boeing)
- Titan IV (USAF)
- Space Shuttle (NASA/USAF)

MISSILE TEST & EVALUATION
Cape Canveral Air Station is the only Air Force installation with a submarine port. I sometimes provided weather forecasts for test launches of Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Canaveral coast.
- UGM-27 Polaris A3 (RN)
* Vanguard-class SSBN (RN)
- UGM-96 Trident C4 (USN)
* Ohio-class SSBN (USN)

NASA AVIATION
NASA regularly flew aircraft out of Kennedy Space Center and Patrick AFB. I provided aviation forecasts to astronauts and pilots flying the following aircraft.
- T-38A Talon (NASA)
- UH-1H Iroquois (NASA)
* Gulfstream III (NASA)
- Gulfstream IV (NASA)
- Space Shuttle Orbiter (NASA)

LOCAL AVIATION SUPPORT
The 45th Weather Squadron was responsible for Army and Air Force units flying from nearby Melbourne and Orlando. When Coast Guard aircrews flying out of Clearwater Air Station were flying search and rescue or counter-drug missions over the Atlantic, they would often request weather forecasts from the 45th WS.
◦ E-8A JSTARS (USAF/Northrop-Grumman)
- RC-12G Crazy Horse (USA)
* HC-130H Hercules (USCG)
* HH-60J Black Hawk (USCG)

DEPLOYED UNITS
Patrick AFB was a popular base for deployments. The most memorable aircrews to whom I provided weather forecasts out of Patrick AFB flew the following aircraft.
- F-16 ADF Fighting Falcon (Puerto Rico ANG)
- Cessna Citation (UND)
- ER-2 (NASA)
◦ DC-8 (NASA)

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Projects

HC-130P/N Combat King (AFRES)
7 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 C-130H Hercules (Testors 665)1:72 C-130 Inflight Refuelling Pods (Flightpath FP72103D)1:72 C-130 Hercules Allison T56-A-15 engine Set (Flightpath FP72103B)4+
HH-60G Pave Hawk (USAF/AFRES)
4 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 HH-60D Night Hawk (Hasegawa 00437)1:72 HH-60G Pave Hawk conversion set (Armycast M&M AC 72017)
Sikorsky HH-60D Night Hawk
US US Air Force (1947-now)
Ser. No. 82-3718
FS36081 FS34092 FS34102
 
OV-10D+ Bronco (DoSAW)
5 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 OV-10A (Academy 12463)1:72 OV-10D+ - conversion set (CMK 7029)1:72 Z-37A Spraying Booms (Eduard 672253)1+
T-41 Mescalero (USAF)
2 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 Cessna T-41 Mescalero (Omega Models 72 547)
Atlas IIAS (NASA)
8 images
1:144
Completed
1:144 Atlas IIA (RealSpace Models )No Ultra Bright Chrome (Bare-Metal Foil BMF004)
Delta II (NASA)
6 images
1:144
Completed
1:144 Delta II (RealSpace Models )
Delta III (NASA/Boeing)
7 images
1:144
Completed
1:144 Delta 3 (RealSpace Models )
Titan IV (USAF)
11 images
1:144
On hold
1:144 Titan IV (RealSpace Models )1:72 Parallel Stripes Assortment (Xtradecal XPSA)
Space Shuttle (NASA)
8 images
1:144
On hold
1:144 Discovery & Booster Rockets (Revell 04736)1:144 Space Shuttle (Pre and Post 1998) (Warbird Decals 14405)
Rockwell International Orbiter
US NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-now)
"Columbia"
1998
 
Shuttle-Мир (NASA-Роскосмос)
13 images
1:144
On hold
1:144 Russian Space Center (Revell Monogram 85-3628)1:144 Discovery Space Shuttle (Revell 4544)1:144 Space Shuttle (Pre and Post 1998) (Warbird Decals 14405)
Rockwell International Orbiter
US NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-now)
"Atlantis"
1998
 
UGM-27 Polaris A3 (RN)
6 images
1:144
Completed
1:144 USA/USSR Missile Set (Monogram 85-7860)
UGM-96 Trident C4 (USN)
7 images
1:144
Completed
1:144 USA/USSR Missile Set (Monogram 85-7860)
T-38A Talon (NASA)
3 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 F-5 or T-38 Ejection Seats (True Details 72404)1:72 F-5A/B & T-38 (Microscale 72-135)1:72 IPMS USA Northern Virginia (IPMS USA 1995)2+
Northrop NT-38A Talon
US NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-now)
N911NA / 821
1974 - Johnson Space Flight Center, TX
white, blue pinstripe
 
UH-1H Iroquois (NASA)
3 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Hasegawa 00141)1:72 Bell UH-1H Huey (Draw Decal 72-Huey-1)
Gulfstream IV (NASA)
3 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 Gulfstream C-37B (Amodel 72327)
Space Shuttle Orbiter (NASA)
2 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 Enterprise Space Shuttle (Monogram 5702)1:72 Space Shuttle Decals (RealSpace Models )
RC-12G Crazy Horse (USA)
2 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 Beechcraft RC-12D (RVHP 72079)
Beechcraft RC-12D Guardrail
US US Army Aviation Branch (1983-now)
23142
 
F-16ADF Fighting Falcon (Puerto Rico ANG)
2 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 F-16A/B PUERTO RICO ANG 198th 50TH ANNIV. (Experts-Choice Decal 72-29)1:72 F-16A ADF Fighting Falcon `Veltro 51 (Octopus)´ (Hasegawa 01997)
Citation Ultra (UND)
4 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 Cessna UC35A Citation Ultra (Broplan MS-133)
ER-2 (NASA)
3 images
1:72
Ideas
1:72 U-2S/ER-2 "NASA" (Special Hobby SH72070)

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