This Month in Dobbins History - 80th APS presented top award July 1976

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Jason Paseur
  • 94th Airlift Wing Historian Office
Military Airlift Command has named the 80th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron its "Outstanding Reserve Mobile Aerial Port Squadron" for 1975.

A formal presentation was made during the July unit training assembly by Brig. Gen. Stephen T. Keefe Jr., 21st Air Force mobilization augmentee.

Lt. Col. Jones E. Copeland, 80th APS commander, said 1975 was an active year for the unit. In January they went to Alaska for two weeks to support "Jack Frost," a joint-service exercise. Summer camp took half the squadron to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma and half to Charleston AFB, S.C. In October and November the squadron flew to England and Germany to take part in Operation Reforger, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization "war game."

The citation accompanying the award said, "The 80th APS distinguished itself by displaying extraordinary skill and professionalism in accomplishing its assigned mission" and identified all personnel of the 80th as, "an intregal and effective force capable of achieving the operational readiness status required to support the Military Airlift Command."

The 80th APS is assigned to the Eastern Air Force Reserve Region.