Previously Held AFSC/MOS 29110-Apprentice Communications Center Helper
29130-Apprentice Communications Center Specialist
29150-Communications Center Specialist
29170-Communications Center Supervisor
Service Years
1961 - 1989
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Additional Information
What are you doing now:
I live in Newport NC about 12 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and spend my days doing yard work and watching FOX news and ESPN.�� My wife and I travel to Thailand each year in the winter and spend two or three months traveling around the country.� Have become a member of the Morehead City� Tea Party Patriots working with folks who are tired of the U.S. Congress ignoring taxpayer.� We had a great day on 9/12/2009 and had over a million patriots let the congress know how we feel.� We are planning our next endeavor on Nov Th get the people in the county ready Nov 2010.
Well Nov 2 2010 has come and gone and I feel the TEA Party had a great Victory. NOW we will see if we have any honest politicians left.
Other Comments:
AS OF 10 AUG 2012"
My wife and I are preparing to start out on something we have wanted to do for many,many years, but with five children to raise we thought it an impossible dream.
Well next month we leave for Thailand and will reside there for most of our time, coming back for things like Graduations and other important family events.
The house has been packed up items the kids did not want we sold some, And items we did NOT WANT TO PART WITH went into storange. Then a month of yard sales AND NOW what's left goes to charity.
So on 18 Sept we fly out of Dulles Intl Airport and our new life in Thailand, (which has always 'had a special place in my heart), Can't wait!!
The Wife and I returned from Thailand on 3 Mar 2010 and we had a GREAT 87 Days. Traveled up to Chang Mai and the surrounding area visited some places and ate some great food.
DID NOT MAKE IT TO UDORN, just didn't get it fit into our wandering.
Spent some time in Koi Samui and some of the other islands and did some snorkling and really had a good time.
Looks like we may head back around December, anyone on this site living in Thailand having an interest in a get-together and swap stories over a few beers let me know.
The wife and I returned to Thailand on 28 Nov 2010 and we have visited KORAT, UDON THANI, AND NKP, As well as going to Thakhek Laos. And we still have until 15 March2011. Its been a good trip met some folks and have really enjoyed ourselves.
One person I had not seen since 1982 was Ed Miller (a member of this site) we were in Bangkok together in the 70s. Met up with him and his wife in NKP where they have a home, took us around and showed us immigration as I had to get my VISA extended by next month so we got it out of the way early.
For the old Udorn hands, things have changed and its NOT at all like you remember it, some say its progress, but I'm a little disapointed.
Took some pics on the base, not the best, but was not able to get out of the car just a drive and shoot. Things have changed!
Aircraft/Missile Information
The C-130 series began as a 1951 requirement for a military transport with Short Take-Off and Landing capabilities. The series was born as the YC-130 and performed well in the latter part of 1954 with its Allison three-bladed turboprop engines. With successes encountered throughout the war in Vietnam and furthermore in peacetime, the C-130 Hercules spawned a plethora of variants that would include special forces insertion, arctic patrol, meteorological research, communications, close-support and modernized variants of the base transport.
Model Lockheed C-130H Hercules Length 97.77 ft | 29.80 m Width 132.55 ft | 40.40 m Height 37.40 ft | 11.40 m Engine(s) 4 x Allison T56-A-15LFE turboprop engines generating 4,508hp each. Empty Weight 76,505 lbs | 34,702 kg MTOW 175,003 lbs | 79,380 kg Max Speed 386 mph | 621 km/h | 335 kts Max Range 2,237 miles | 3,600 km Ceiling 33,005 ft | 10,060 m | 6.3 miles Climb Rate Not Available Hardpoints 0 Armament None. Internal payload of up to 42,637lbs of supplies, personnel and vehicles. Accommodations 4 + 92 Operators Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States of America among others (about 60 in all).