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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Major
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Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1435Z-Air Operations Officer
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Current/Last AFSC Group
Air Operations
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Primary Unit
1954-1967, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
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Previously Held AFSC/MOS
1065B-Pilot
1065C-Pilot
1111B-Pilot
1444-Forward Air Controller
1435F-Air Operations Officer
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Service Years
1949 - 1970
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Other Languages
French
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From Year
1959 |
To Year
1962 |
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Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics
* Crew: five (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer, boom operator)
* Capacity: 9,000 gal (34,000 L) of jet fuel
* Length: 117 ft 5 in (m)
* Wingspan: 141 ft 2 in (m)
* Height: 38 ft 4 in (m)
* Wing area: ft² (m²)
* Empty weight: 82,500 lb (kg)
* Loaded weight: 153,000 lb (kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 175,000 lb (kg)
* Powerplant:
o 2× General Electric J47-GE-23 turbojets, 5,790 lbf (kN) each
o 4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-59 radial engines, 3,500 hp (kW) each
Performance
* Maximum speed: 400 mph (km/h)
* Cruise speed: 230 mph (km/h)
* Range: 2,300 mi (km)
* Service ceiling 30,000 ft (m)
* Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
* Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
* Power/mass (prop): hp/lb (kW/kg)
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