Boyer, John, MSgt

Electronics Maintenance

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USAF Retired

Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant

Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
30470-Radio Relay Equipment Technician

Current/Last AFSC Group
Electronics Maintenance

Primary Unit
1968-1971, 30490, Headquarters, Air Training Command

Previously Held AFSC/MOS
32331-Apprentice Turret Systems Gunner
32351-Defensive Fire Control Systems Operator
32351-Turret Systems Gunner
43173-Inflight Refueling Technician
30430-Apprentice Radio Relay Equipment Repairman
30470-Radio Relay Equipment Maintenance Technician
30490-Ground Radio Maintenance Superintendent

Service Years
1949 - 1979

Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Official Badges

Air Education and Training Command Instructor Basic

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)

Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association

Civil Air Patrol - U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

In-Flight Refueling Association (Boomers)


	1971, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) - Assoc. Page
	1971, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) - Assoc. Page
	1971, American Legion - Assoc. Page
	1971, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) - Assoc. Page
	1971, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)
	1971, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Assoc. Page
	1971, National Rifle Association (NRA)
	1990, Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association
	1995, Air Force Gunners Association
	2000, State Guard Association of the United States, Tennessee State Guard (Instructor) (Nashville, Tennessee)
	2004, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Upper Cumberland (Crossville, Tennessee) - Chap. Page
	2008, Civil Air Patrol - U.S. Air Force Auxiliary - Assoc. Page
	2013, In-Flight Refueling Association (Boomers)
	2013, 19th Bombardment Association - Assoc. Page
	2015, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

I'm Retired

Other Comments:

I'm a Major in the Civil Air Patrol

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Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1951, Basic Military Training (Sampson AFB, NY), 3674/890

Unit Assignments

911th Air Refueling Squadron - Red Eagles


	1949-1951, Army National Guard (ARNG)
	1951-1952, 32331, Headquarters, Air Training Command
	1953-1953, 19th Bombardment Group, Heavy
	1953-1953, 20th Air Force
	1953-1953, 32351, 20th Air Force
	1953-1953, 32351, 28th Bomb Squadron - Mohawk Warriors
	1953-1955, 32351, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
	1953-1955, 32351, 97th Bombardment Wing, Heavy
	1953-1955, 341st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
	1955-1961, 43173, 42nd Bomb Wing
	1955-1961, 43173, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
	1955-1961, 43173, 42nd Air Refueling Squadron
	1961-1965, 43173, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
	1961-1965, 911th Air Refueling Squadron - Red Eagles
	1965-1966, 30430, Headquarters, Air Training Command
	1966-1968, 30470, Air Force Communications Service (AFCS)
	1966-1968, 30470, TUSLOG Det 63, TUSLOG HQ
	1968-1971, 30490, Headquarters, Air Training Command
	1968-1971, 30490, AETC Communications Division

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1953-1953 Korean War/Korean Summer (1953)/Bombing Raid on Toksan Dam
	1953-1953 Korean War/Korean Summer (1953)/Various Air Missions Over North Korea
	1962-1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

Colleges Attended



	1973-1981, East Tennessee State University
	1981-1982, East Tennessee State University
	1990-1992, Maryville University of Saint Louis

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1951-1953, B-29 Superfortress
	1953-1955, B-50 Superfortress
	1955-1957, KC-97 Stratotanker
	1957-1965, KC-135 Stratotanker