4410 OPERATIONS SUPPORT WING (P) CONTINGENCY HISTORICAL REPORT

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Oral Interview with
Col Roger R. Radcliff, 22 Feb 91
4410 Opns Spt Wing Vice Comdr &
Dep Comdr for Opns; Vice Comdr
10th Tactical Fighter Wg, RAF
Alconbury, United Kingdom
By: TSgt Barry L. Spink
Transcribed by: Faye Davis

S:	Colonel Radcliff, what were the conditions that brought you
	here to King Khalid Military City (KKMC), and what did you
	find when you came here?


R.	I deployed to King Fahd Air Base, leading the ADVON
	[advanced echelon] for the 511th TFS from RAF Alconbury;
	arrived there on the 20th of December 1990, worked on the
	bed down of the unit until early January. On the 5th of
	January Colonel Sharp [Alan G.], the Commander of the 354th
	Tac Fighter Wing, advised me that Brig Gen Profitt [Glenn
	A.], one of the air division commanders in theater, had
	selected me to come to KKMC as the Deputy Commander for 
	Operations for the 4410th Operational Support Wing.


	My mission was to insure the offensive combat capability of
	the KKMC airfield. Subsequently, I was designated the Vice
	Commander of the wing. Colonel Van Meter [William C.], the
	Wing Commander, gave me the responsibility for all
	operations on the airfield. It was clear that no one, to
	that point, had attempted to gain total control of U.S.
	operations on the airfield.


	My charter was to bring that under control of the 4410th
	Wing and to coordinate operations off the field to insure
	that everyone obtained the maximum capability from the
	resources available.