Ballard, William H. (Bill), 1stSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
First Sergeant (E-7)
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
10090-First Sergeant
Current/Last AFSC Group
Special Identifiers
Primary Unit
1983-1987, 10090, Military Airlift Command (MAC)
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
30131-Apprentice Aircraft Electronic Navigation Equipment Repairman
30151-Aircraft Electronic Navigation Equipment Repairman
30171-Aircraft Electronic Navigation Equipment Technician
32871-Avionic Navigations Systems Technician
32899-Avionics Superintendent
Service Years
1965 - 1988
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First Sergeant (E-7)

 Official Badges 

US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style) Schutzenschnur Bronze


 Unofficial Badges 

First Sergeant


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)Air Force Memorial (AFM)
  1987, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) - Assoc. Page
  2016, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

USAF Retired, 24 yrs

AGL Corp, mfg Construction Lasers, 19 years, Service Manager, retired.

Now, Retired Retiree

   

 1970-1978, UH-1 Iroquois ( HUEY)
From Year
1970
To Year
1978
   
Personal Memories
Not Specified
   
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 UH-1 Iroquois ( HUEY) Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications (UH-1D)

General characteristics

* Crew: 1-4
* Capacity: 3,880 lb including 14 troops, or 6 stretchers, or equivalent cargo
* Length: 57 ft 1 in with rotors (17.4 m)

* Fuselage width: 8 ft 7 in (2.6 m))

* Rotor diameter: 48 ft 0 in (14.6 m)
* Height: 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m)
* Empty weight: 5,215 lb (2,365 kg)
* Loaded weight: 9,040 lb (4,100 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 9,500 lb (4,310 kg))
* Powerplant: 1× Lycoming T53-L-11 turboshaft, 1,100 shp (820 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 135 mph (220 km/h)
* Cruise speed: 125 mph (205 km/h)
* Range: 315 mi (510 km)
* Service ceiling 19,390 ft (Dependent on environmental factors such as weight, outside temp., etc) (5,910 m)
* Rate of climb: 1,755 ft/min (8.9 m/s)
* Power/mass: 0.15 hp/lb (0.25 kW/kg)

Armament
Variable, but may include a combination of:

* 2x 7.62 mm M60 machine gun, or 2x 7.62 mm GAU-17/A machine gun
* 2x 7-round or 19-round 2.75 in (70 mm) rocket pods

   
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Last Updated: Jun 5, 2009
   
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