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Service Details
Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
43590-Flight Engineer Superintendent
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
Primary Unit
1976-1979, 43199, Detachment 1, 57th Tactical Training Wing (Staff)
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
99000-Basic Airman
43130-Helicopter Mechanic
43150-Helicopter Mechanic
43550B-Flight Engineer Specialist
43570B-Flight Engineer Technician
43570C-Flight Engineer Technician
43170C-Helicopter Technician
43191-Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent
43199-Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent
Service Years
1959 - 1979
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Voice Edition
1970, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA)
- Assoc. Page
1980, Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
- Assoc. Page
2002, USAF Rotorheads
2002, Pedro Rescue Helicopter Association
- Assoc. Page
2003, Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood
- Assoc. Page
2003, Air Commando Association
- Assoc. Page
2003, Special Operations Association (SOA-MACV)
- Assoc. Page
2006, Air Force Together We Served
2008, Jolly Green Giant Association
2010, Air Rescue Association
2013, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
2015, That Others May Live Foundation
2016, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
- Assoc. Page
2016, Air Force Memorial (AFM)
- Assoc. Page
2016, Distinguished Flying Cross Society (DFCS), Fort Walton Beach Pitsenbarger Chapter (Chairman) (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
- Chap. Page
What are you doing now:
I keep busy as the webmaster of the USAF RotorHeads website ( https://usafrotorheads.comĀ ) ( www.rotorheadsrus.us ) and am enjoying my fullĀ retirement.
From Month/Year June / 1959
To Month/Year July / 1959
Unit 3711th Basic Military Training Squadron Unit Page
Rank
Airman Basic
AFSC/MOS
99000-Basic Airman
Base, Station or City
Lackland AFB
State/Country
Texas
Patch
Type
Training
Parent Unit
Training Units
Strength
Squadron
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: Jan 8, 2020
Other Memories I enlisted in the USAF in Kansas City, MO. on 09 Jun 1959 and we were put on a train to arrive at San Antonio, TX. the next day. At Lackland AFB I was assigned to the 3711th BAMILTRON, Flight 380. After a few weeks of basic training (about 5 or 6 weeks if I remember correctly) I was re-assigned to Sheppard AFB, TX with the 3761st SCOLRON for Helicopter Mechanic Tech. school.