Previously Held AFSC/MOS 27330A-Apprentice Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27350A-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27370B-Aircraft Control and Warning Technician
Retired playing senior tournement softball. In Jun '09 & Sep 09 owr team "Virginians" won the 2 world championship in the over 70+ bracket.
1966-1970, CIM-10 BOMARC Missile
From Year 1966
To Year 1970
Personal Memories
Sent to Mongomery Sector May 1968 to live fire the BOMARC, then went on to Ft Walton beach to watch a live fireing. That was a great experence. Was at FT Lee, SAGE (Weapeons)during the cuban crisis. Had a very stressful couple of days.
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CIM-10 BOMARC Missile Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
The supersonic Bomarc missiles (IM-99A and IM-99B) were the world's first long-range anti-aircraft missiles, and the first missiles that Boeing mass produced. The program also represented the first time Boeing designed and built launch facilities. It used analog computers, some of which were built by Boeing and had been developed for GAPA experiments during World War II.
Authorized by the Air Force in 1949, the F-99 Bomarc prototype was the result of coordinated research between Boeing (Bo) and the University of Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (marc).
The missiles were housed on a constant combat-ready basis in individual launch shelters in remote areas. The alert signal could fire the missiles around the country in 30 seconds. The Model A had a range of 200 miles, and the B, which followed, could fly 400 miles.
The production IM-99A first flew on Feb. 24, 1955. Boeing built 700 Bomarc missiles between 1957 and 1964, as well as 420 launch systems. Bomarc was retired from active service during the early 1970s. Specifications First flight: Feb. 24, 1955 Military designation: IM-99A/IM-99B Classification: Missile Wingspan: 18 feet 2 inches Diameter: 35 inches Length: 45 feet Approx. takeoff weight: 16,000 pounds Top speed: More than Mach 2.5 Range: More than 400 miles (IM-99B) Ceiling: More than 80,000 feet Power: 50,000-pound-thrust solid-fuel rocket (takeoff); two 12,000-pound-thrust Marquardt ramjet engines (cruise) Armament: Nuclear warhead
