McGowan, Samuel, Jr., TSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
11470-Load Master Supervisor
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1969-1970, 60770, 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
43131E-Apprentice Aircraft Mechanic
43131F-Apprentice Aircraft Mechanic
43151F-Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
60750-Aircraft Loadmaster
60750A-Aircraft Loadmaster
60770-Aircraft Loadmaster Technician
60770A-Aircraft Loadmaster Technician
Service Years
1963 - 1975
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Technical Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Combat Crew


 Unofficial Badges 

C-5 Galaxy 1000 Hour C-141 Starlifter 1000 Hour


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
The Alamo ChapterTroop Carrier/Tactical Airlift AssociationChapter 195
  1999, Professional Loadmasters Association, The Alamo Chapter (San Antonio, Texas)
  2006, Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association - Assoc. Page
  2015, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 195 (Pearland, Texas) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I am now retired from corporate flying and am rated 80% disabled and unemployable by the VA.

I have also been known to do some free-lance writing for magazines such as VIETNAM, WORLD WAR II and WW II HISTORY and am the author of a book about the C-130 troop carrier/tactical airlift mission and a Vietnam war novel, THE CAVE. My books are available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other sellers. For details and to order autographed copies, go to www.sammcgowan.com/books.html.

   Other Comments:

In 2006 I helped found the Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Assocation and served as the secretary until 2017. www.troopcarrier.org

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  5 Airmen Remembered

  1965-1967, 60750, 315th Air Division

Airman 1st Class
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315th Air Division Unit Page
Rank
Airman 1st Class
AFSC/MOS
60750-Aircraft Loadmaster
Base, Station or City
Naha AB
State/Country
Japan
   
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 315th Air Division Details

315th Air Division
Type
Garrison - Command Element
 
Parent Unit
Air Divisions
Strength
Division
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jun 18, 2008
   
   
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27 Members Also There at Same Time
315th Air Division

Brosius, James, SSgt, (1964-1968) 607 60770 Staff Sergeant
Goldsmith, Nathan, Maj, (1952-1974) 105 1051C Captain
Parker, Frank Claveloux, Maj, (1961-1967) 157 1575 Captain
Van Buren, Gerald Gordon, Lt Col, (1957-1967) 105 1053B Captain
Strain, Don, Capt, (1964-1968) 604 6041 First Lieutenant
Hebert, Michael, TSgt, (1963-1983) 274 27470 Technical Sergeant
Wade, Charles, SMSgt, (1957-1977) 702 70270 Technical Sergeant
Eckley, Wayne Alvin, CMSgt, (1954-1967) 435 43550 Staff Sergeant
Ezell, Donnie DeWayne, SSgt, (1956-1965) 113 113X0 Staff Sergeant
Klink, Virgil, MSgt, (1956-1977) 431 43171F Staff Sergeant
Stevens, Mark, Sgt, (1966-1970) 271 27150 Sergeant
Vanzant, Samuel, SSgt, (1965-1969) 605 60551 Sergeant
Brown, Mike, A1C, (1960-1965) 431 43151F Airman 1st Class
Davis, Jerrel, SSgt, (1962-1974) 431 43151F Airman 1st Class
Gray, James T., A1C, (1960-1965) 605 60531 Airman 1st Class
Hassing, Paul, A1C, (1961-1965) 304 30474 Airman 1st Class
Madison, Frank Anthony, A1C, (1964-1967) 431 43151 Airman 1st Class
McLemore, Don, A1C, (1965-1968) 421 42153 Airman 2nd Class
De Venuta, Martin, SSgt, (1966-1970) 702 70230 Airman 3rd Class
Maffia, Arthur, SSgt, (1965-1968) 1A Staff Sergeant
Jones, Donald R., MSgt, (1960-1980) 122 Sergeant
Sorensen, Odin Edgar, CWO2, (1943-1965) Chief Warrant Officer 2
Ewell, Donald, CMSgt, (1947-1970) Chief Master Sergeant
Coyman, Peter R., SSgt, (1958-1965) Staff Sergeant
Millen, Frank, CMSgt, (1958-1985) Airman 1st Class
Chaney, David Michael, A1C, (1960-1967) Airman 1st Class
Moore, Leslie, MSgt, (1964-1984) Airman 2nd Class

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