COLONEL JOEL B. KRAUSSECOLONEL JOEL B. KRAUSSECommander
1 June 1970 to 4 June 1971
Enlisted in the Army Air Corps, September 1943, and served as an airborne radar mechanic until 1946, with assignments to various B-17 and B-24 training squadrons.
In June 1947, he enlisted in the Oregon Air National Guard and was assigned to the 142nd AC&W Squadron.
He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in May 1951 and was called to active duty with the 142nd AC&W Squadron, assigned in the Alaska Theater of Operation, where he was a long-range radar (EW) site commander. He stayed on active duty until June 1955, at which time he rejoined the 142nd AC&W Squadron.
In July 1956, he was selected as one of the three officers to start the 244th AACS E&I Squadron, serving in the position of Radar Maintenance Officer.
He transferred to the Washington Air National Guard in May 1966 and was appointed as Deputy Commander of the 252nd Mobil Communications Group.
Upon his return to the Oregon Air National Guard in October 1968, he was assigned to the 142nd Mobile Communications Squadron.
On 1 June 1970, he assumed Command of the 244th Mobile Communications Squadron, serving until 4 June 1971, at which time he accepted command of the 116th Tactical Control Squadron.
In November 1972, he was appointed by Governor Tom McCall to serve as a member of the Governor's Military Advisory Council.
In February 1973, he assumed the position of Director of Operations for the 153rd Tactical Control Group and in September 1973, he was assigned as Director of Logistics. He remained the Director of Logistics until he was appointed Commander of the 153rd Tactical Control Group in January 1976, serving until the unit's deactivation in May 1976.
He remained in an unaffiliated officers' reserve section status until he was appointed as the Air Force Civil Defense Liaison Officer to the Military Department, State of Oregon, in May 1977. He served in this position until May 1980, at which time he joined the retired reserve. Full retirement status was attained in October 1985.