The following table documents the First Echelon commanders of Security Hill at Misawa.

~ Security Hill 1st Echelon Air Force Commanders, Misawa ~
No.	Organization	From	To	Commander	Timeline
1	1st RSM	Jul-51	Nov-53	Lt. Col. Charles Sheppard [d. 1985]	1st RSM relocates from Johnson AB to Misawa AB Jan-53
2	1st RSM	Nov-53	Feb-55	Lt. Col. J. W. Brady [d. 19??]	1954: USSR introduces 1st supersonic fighter, MiG-19.
3	1st RSM	Feb-55	Apr-55	Major William H. Madole [d. 1996]	Military coup ousts Juan Peron as president of Argentina.
4	1st RSM	Apr-55	May-55	Lt. Colonel Charles D. Pryor	1st MacDonald's opens Des Plains, Ill.
5	6921st RSM	May-55	Sep-56	Major William H. Madole [d. 1996]	Lockheed tests U-2; proposal to CIA for a high-altitude spy craft.
6	6921st RGM	Sep-56	Dec-57	Lt. Colonel James S. Novy [d. 2004]	USSR launches Sputnik I 10/4/57; Both US & USSR perfect ICBM's.
7	6921st RGM	Dec-57	Sep-59	Colonel Gerald E. Branch	Alaska 49th state 1/3/59; Hawaii 50th state 8/21/59; X-15's 1st flight.
8	6921st RGM	Sep-59	Sep-60	Colonel Dale S. Seeds	Gary Power's U-2 downed by USSR; USS Enterprise launched.
9	6921st RGM	Sep-60	Aug-62	Colonel James F. Berry	JFK inaugurated; Bay of Pigs fails; Berlin Wall built; 8,000 US troops in Vietnam.
10	6921st SW	Aug-62	Jul-63	Colonel Adolph M. Wright	Cuban Missle Crisis; JFK visits Berlin & Rome.
11	6921st SW	Jul-63	Aug-63	Colonel Kenneth W. Davey	Col. Davey assumed command awaiting Col. Wildes' arrival
12	6921st SW	Aug-63	Jul-64	Colonel Gordon W. Wildes [d.]	JFK assassinated; USS Thresher sub sinks losing all hands; Beatles invade US.
13	6921st SW	Jul-64	Jun-66	Colonel Kenneth W. Davey	LBJ re-elected; IBM 360 introduced; China explodes A Bomb; N.O.W. founded.
14	6921st SW	Jun-66	Mar-68	Colonel Thomas J. Hanley, III [d. 8/26/2002]	Anti War Protests Grow; Miranda Decision upheld; USS Pueblo captured.
15	6921st SW	Mar-68	Jun-69	Colonel Harry A. Wilson [d. 2002]	RFK assassinated; Dr. King assassinated; Nixon elected; Woodstock.
16	6921st SW	Jun-69	Jan-70	Colonel Leonard M. Legge [d. 1/20/1970]	Apollo 11 flight; 1st Boeing 747 flight; Rioting in Northern Ireland.
17	6921st SG	Jan-70	May-70	Colonel Cary A. Thompson	Kent State; Vietnam War spreads to Cambodia.
18	6921st SG	May-70	Jun-70	Lt. Col. Rogert W. Shively	Aswan Dam completed in Egypt.
19	6921st SG	Jun-70	Nov-72	Colonel Charles F. Beatie, Jr.	ChiComs join UN, replacing Taiwan; Idi Amin siezes Uganda.
20	6921st SW	Dec-72	Apr-74	Colonel Robert H. Touby	Willy Brandt of West Germany Forced to Resign.
21	6920th SW	Apr-74	Jun-74	Colonel Charles J. Luther	Nixon resigns; Communists capture South Vietnam.
22	6920th SW	Jun-74	Jul-75	Colonel John F. Grant	Suez Canal reopened; Mayaguez incident.
23	6920th SW	Aug-75	May-78	Lt. Col. John G. Hennessey	Apple II introduced; Raid on Entebbe; Carter pardons 10,000 draft dodgers; .
24	6920th SS/ESG	May-78	Jun-80	Lt. Col. Juan F. Lopez	Smallpox eradicated; SALT II Accord; USSR invades Afghanistan; Three Mile Island.
25	6920th ESG	Jul-80	Jun-82	Colonel Terry E. Heath	Iran-Iraq War; Anwar Sadat assassinated; Attempt on President Regan's life.
26	6920th ESG	Jun-82	Jun-84	Colonel Allen T. Smith	Brezhnev dies; Falkland Island War; Soviets down Korean 747; US invades Granada.
27	6920th ESG	Jun-84	Jul-86	Colonel Joseph P. Burchfield	AIDS Break Out; Gorbachev heads USSR; Achille Lauro Seized.
28	6920th ESG	Jul-86	Jun-88	Colonel Calvin M. Murray, Jr.	Chernobyl; US strikes Tripoli/Libya; Challenger explodes; Glasnost & Perestroika introduced.
29	6920th ESG	Jun-88	Jul-91	Colonel Douglas H. Williams	Berlin Wall comes down; Yeltsin elected president; Mandela freed; Gulf War.
30	6920th ESG/MCOC Director	Jul-91	Jul-93	Colonel Michael A. McFarland	USSR disolves; WTC bombed; Waco standoff.
31	301st IS/MCOC Director	Jul-93	Jun-95	Colonel Arthur J. Saitta	Chechniya; Marines killed in Somalia.
32	301st IS/MCOC Director	Jul-95	1996	Colonel Joseph L. Hurst	Yitzhak Rabin assasinated; OK City Federal Bldg. bombed; OJ not guilty.
33	301st IS/MCOC Director	1996	1997	Colonel Warren Miller	Taliban take Afghanistan; Hong Kong turnover; Mars Pathfinder lands.
34	301st IS/MCOC Director	Jan-98	Jun-99	Colonel Wyatt C. Cook	US embassies bombed in Kenya & Tanzania; Kosovo; Clinton impeached.
35	373rd IG/MCOC Director	Aug-99	Jun-02	Colonel Dennis R. Mitzel	BJ Cook invades Misawa; Heritage Hall opens Jun-2002
36	373rd IG/MCOC Director	Jun-02	present	Colonel Fred W. Gortler, III	.