First To Serve
6254th Air Police Squadron
Pleiku Air Base

Submitted by: Pat Dunne,
Pleiku AB, 1967
Photos by: Walter Cobourn
Pleiku AB, 1965

Here are photos of the first air cops at Pleiku Air Base. In April 1965, 24 Air Policemen of the 6254th APS arrived on base.

1) TSgt Walter Cobourn, manhandling a Browning .30, with SSgt Hamilton feeding.



2) Bunker break-time, for the first members of the 6254th APS at Pleiku.
Standing:TSG Akers, A2C Miller,
Sitting on top:A2C Molyneux, A1C Rinde, and Lt. Collins the CO.



3) This is one of first bunkers, temporarily, built at Pleiku in '65.
Manned by SSgt. "Chief" Siva.



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