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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
43270-Jet Engine Technician
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
Primary Unit
1977-1983, 43270, 49th Component Repair Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
99015-Unclassified Airman
43251-Reciprocating Engine Mechanic
43271-Reciprocating Engine Technician
Service Years
1961 - 1983
Other Languages
Thai
Vietnamese
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Cuban Missile Crisis
1983, National Rifle Association (NRA)
1986, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)
- Assoc. Page
1989, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 8884, Smith-Geater Post (Brandon, Iowa)
- Chap. Page
1996, American Legion, Post 57 (Vinton, Iowa)
- Chap. Page
2006, American Veterans (AMVETS), Post 218 (Vinton, Iowa)
- Chap. Page
2007, Air Force Together We Served
2009, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
- Assoc. Page
2009, Military Association of GeoCachers
2010, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 10 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
- Chap. Page
2011, La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (Forty & Eight), Voiture 1305 (Commander) (Iowa)
- Chap. Page
What are you doing now:
Retired and love to travel with Carol, my LOVING Wife of 58+ years.. We love to Geocache while we travel. Our best GeoVacation was; between May 25th, 2011 thru Aug. 4, 2011.. We drove our Pick-up and 5th wheel travel trailer to Alaska. We put on over 11,600 miles to, in, and around Alaska, National Parks of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, Yellowstone NP, and back home to Iowa. We found almost 400 Caches up/back. We even found some Caches "above" the arctic Circle.. (About 200 miles North of Fairbanks, AK.) What a beautiful State Alaska is.. . We would both like to again go to the "Land of the Midnight Sun"..
From Month/Year December / 1971
To Month/Year - / 1973
Unit 474th Component Repair Squadron Unit Page
Rank
Staff Sergeant
AFSC/MOS
43270-Jet Engine Technician
Base, Station or City
Nellis AFB
State/Country
Nevada
Patch
Type
Maintenance
Parent Unit
Component Units
Strength
Squadron
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: Dec 20, 2009
Best Friends Mike Miller, Ken Brady
Best Moment Chosen by the USAF to; go to Edwards AFB, Cal. to be in the "Flight Test Program for the NEW F-15 Fighter A/C
Worst Moment Leaving my Family to go TDY to; Tahkli AB, Thailand for TWO separate SIX(6) month TDY's. :-(
Other Memories Learning how to work, test & troubleshoot the engines, and run the F-111 A&B model A/C.