THE SITE

(Also Known as "The Hill")

"In God we trust, all others must display PACAF Form 85"

Whoops!  Forgot to turn in my security badge.
 (Think they're still looking for it after 47 years?)

I misplaced this badge when we transferred to the 6313th Air Police Squadron    It turned up years later in an old uniform pocket.  This is what it took to get into the 7th TDS site.  There was a duplicate badge with a red stripe maintained in the site gate house.  To enter, 7th TDS personnel presented the plain badge and were given the striped badge in return by the AP manning the gate.  When one exited the site the reverse process took place.

                                                                                                                       THE BOMB

                                               We dared not speak it's name back in those days

Mark 28 Thermonuclear Weapon B28EX

As 7th TDS Air Policemen we normally saw this bad boy under a canvas cover which disguised its shape somewhat.  Of course, we got to know this weapon very well later on when we were transferred to the 6313th AP Squadron and we ended up "humping the ramp" and guarding the F-100s.  There was one of these strapped under the belly of every F-100 on the alert pad.  We also guarded the alert C-130s which were filled with Mark 28s and "birdcages". 

Mk-28

                                                                               Yield:    70 Kt - 1.1 Mt
                                                                 Fusing:    Airburst or Contact
                                                                   Number Produced:    4,500
                                                                                           Weight:    1,700 - 2,320 lbs.
                                                                                 Dimensions:    22" x 170"

                                                                          Birdcage

                                                                                       THE KADENA FLIGHT LINE

                                                                                                                          F-100 Super Sabre
                                                                                                              Mark-28 Armed Fighter Bomber

                                                      C-124 Globemaster  "Shaky"                                                                             C-130 Hercules
                                         Nuclear Weapons Air Transport Aircraft                                                  Nuclear Weapons Air Transport Aircraft

                                                                                                                               C-119 Flying Boxcar
                                                                                                                Nuclear Weapons Air Transport Aircraft

                                                                                                         7th TDS VEHICLES

                                            6x6 "Six By"                                                   4x4  Weapons Carrier                                             Jeep
               For transporting APs from the barracks to the site           Used for posting APs and for patrols                     Used for patrols             

                                                              12th/3rd Aviation Depot Squadron
                                                      (SAC)                                                                                           

                             Prior to 1960 this was the 12th Aviation Depot Squadron (12th ADS - SAC).  Later redesignated as the 3rd ADS area
                             It was located across the highway from Kadena Gate 3

                              This later became the 7th TDS/400th MMS Plant 2 area.  Security for this area was transferred from SAC to the 6313th Air Police
                             Squadron along with 3rd ADS Air Policemen.

                                                         546th AMMUNITION SUPPLY SQUADRON

                                                                 This Picture is from the Web Site of Bob Rohrer

The above signs are situated at the co-located entrances to Camp Bishigawa (USMC) and the 546th Ammunition Supply Squadron Depot.  The 546th ASSD was a massive ammunition storage area and the 7th TDS site occupied one small corner of this area.

546th Ammunition Supply Squadron Patch (Unofficial)
from 1954/1955

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