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 Finding Aid: Melvin Hawkins Collection Item Number: 20670000000

Association Collection (1st Combat Evaluation Group (CEVG) Association)
Location: Cold Storage Vault; D159.1; D211.4


Scope & Content:

  • DVD contains footage of a memorial service held at the Detachment 8, 1st Combat Evaluation Group Association Reunion in Richmond, Kentucky on September 2007 and the unveiling of the SkySpot Monument at Barksdale Air force Base, Louisiana. in November 2007. Pathes, comemorative coin, and 2008 Reunion DVD from the 1st Combat Evaluation Group.

Biographical Note:

  • The 1st Combat Evaluation Group was activated on 1 August 1961 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. It missions include providing command level standardization/evaluation of Strategic Air Command (SAC) air crews, radar scoring of simulated bombing activity by SAC aircraft, contingency warfare support required by the Air Force and SAC and emphasizing the tactical use of SAC aircraft.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Separated Materials:

Museum Objects:2067museum3358 - Commemorative Coin - 1st Combat Evaluation Group.
 2067museum3359 - Patch - 1 CEVG, LS 85 Cong Ha Tan Son Nhut - We Will Always Remember.
 2067museum3360 - Patch - 1st CEVG, 1966 - 1973, Vietnam.
Moving Images:2067VI2544 DVD - 1st Combat Evaluation Group 2007 Memorial Dedications.
 2067VI2745 - DVD - 1st CEVG Reunion, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 2008.

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