I was OIC of the Quicklook 1a team during training in the states at Dallas, TX & Ft Huachuca Oct 73 to May 74.There were nine people on TDY to make up the team. We started training on the equipment that would go in the aircraft and then we got the two OV-1C's that became the first RV-1C's. The tail number of the aircraft were 68-15964 and 68-15965.
When the training was finished, the equipment was taken out of the aircraft and packed for shipment. The two aircraft went to Grumman in NY and then flown to Hanau Germany (by way of Iceland).
Each of us returned to our units and the individually shipped out to Germany. The first five were sent to Grunstadt, SP6 Dave Stine was the senior man of that group. I was on orders to 507th Gp in Augsburg to brief the Group Co, Xo & S3. Then I was sent to Kitzingen AAF near Wurzburg, to set up the Detachment. SSG Kiser just got in country and I managed to him diverted to Kitzingen. We scrounged some office space at the main hanger and requested the men at Grunstadt be sent to Kitizgen (more had arrived). About three weeks later the Captain (aviator) who was to command the Detachment arrived.
Operations started in two months after we got our aircraft from Hanau (where all the Mohawk assets in Germany were located). We started flying mission on the border.
In June 1975 all Mohawks were relocated to Stuttgart (Echterdingen AAF). We continually added people to the outfit until by the time I left in June 1977 the unit was at about 45 people.
By the time I left, the system had been accepted into the Army Inventory and RV-1D's (Quicklook II) were being added to the unit.
Over time Guardrail and Quicklook electronic equipment has reduced in size enough the both system were combined in the RU-21's and a common operations ground station developed. This is still in use in the Army.