Previously Held AFSC/MOS 55254-Protective Coating Specialist
53550-Corrosion Control Specialist
53570-Corrosion Control Supervisor
45899-Aircraft Fabrication Superintendent
Vietnam War/Cease-Fire Campaign (1972-73)/Operation Constant Guard I
From Month/Year
April / 1972
To Month/Year
April / 1972
Description This operations was a redeployment of aircraft to Southest Asia. On April 1, 1972, TAC initiated Constant Guard I, sending 36 F4E Phamtom fighters from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, to Udon Royal Thai Air Forcce Base, Thailand and 4 EB-66s equiped with electronic warfare (EW) systems from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to Udon Thai Air Force Base. Also dispatched to Korat were 12 F-105G Thunderchiefs from Seymour Johnson Air Base. The F-105Gs were equiped with Suppresion of Enamy Air Defense (SEAD) systems to disable enemy surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) by firing antiradiation missiles at the radars guiding them.
