1962 to 1992


usa 6515th Organizational Maintenance Squadron

US Air Force

6515 OMS







6515th Organizational Maintenance Squadron
Performed test flights at Edwards AFB, California. Late 1980s renamed as 6515th Test Squadron. In 1992 merge in 415th Test Squadron and move to Randolph AFB, Texas from 2001




1962-1965, I was an Aircraft radio repairman. It was then called the 6515th A

1964-1968, Edwards AFB aircraft pneudraulic repairman, Leon Beaver at 6515 FMS

1965-1969 Sgt. Michael Cook. 6515 FMS. U42251, Mechanical Equipment Repair Specialists later changed to Environmental Control Specialist. Aircraft maintained, F111A, F104, T38, B57, F106, C130, B52 and a few more. As Civilian Lockheed and Rockwell B-1 project.

Sep68-Sep69, I served as a Airman at Edwards. The Jolly Green CH3E tail number 577 was my assigned Helicopter. It was destroyed on a Secret Mission in Vietnam in 1973. -

1969-1972, I was in the 6515 th at Edwards. I was assigned to B52B 008. We carried the X24. The HL10 and the M2f3. I was the assistant crew chief and air crew member as a flight mechanic - William oliver

1969-1972, I was at Edwards AFB as SGT and air crew member on B52B 008. 6515th OMS sq. We carried the X24. M2F3. HL10 -

1973-74, Admin Officer for 6515th OMS. I am Mandell Winter, Jr. Maj Hoschild was commander. We maintained B-52 008, pre-production F-4 models, A-7 models, and a few F-104s (soon to be dropped, followed by the A-7s) Final testing of F-15 was going on. YF-16 and YF-17 as well as A-9 and A-10 were in fly-off competition. First B-1 landed at Edwards while I was there. Nearly the last lifting body flight took place while I was the Admin officer of 6515 FMS, Maj. Mike Love at the controls. Compass Cope RPV was being tested while I was there.

Sep78-May82, My name is Curt Rose, I was Stationed at Edwards in the 6515th Field maintanance squadron in the aero-repair section, preforming heavy maintanance on F-4, F-15, F-16, T-38 and A-37 aircraft. Duties also included crash recovery

1979-1981, I was stationed at Edwards and I worked on T-38's Jeff Holmes SRA

1983-1986 - SRA Chris Cramer. I was there from early 1983 thru late June 1986 in the 6515th AMS, Radio Repair (32850). We worked A-37s, T-38s, F-4s, A-10s, KC-135s, C-130s, UH-1H and UH-1Ns and O-2s. For all those aircraft, we worked them on the Flight Line as well as shop repairs. We also often worked equipment from most of the other aircraft at Edwards at that time but we did not do Flight Line maintenance on them because they were either assigned to Integrated, or SI. Miss those days a lot!




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YearsLocationICAO/FAA
??/92Edwards AFBKEDW




helicopter   Models


Years Models
1985/?? UH-1H Iroquois
1975/85 UH-1N





6515 OMS List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
B-2 h-21b 51-15855 : USAF H-21B, redesig CH-21B, HH-21B pictured with 6515 OMS Edwards AFB, CA +
61-502 w/o 1973 ch-3c 1963 62-12577 : 6515 OMS pictured (pic1) at Edwards, CA
31003 UH-1N 68-10774 : before 76 to mid 80 was at Edwards AFB, then it was reassigned to Hill AFB+
Colombian National Police PNC-5000
31066 UH-1N 69-6660 : before 76 until, I think mid 80 was with 6515 OMS at Edwards AFB as a util+







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