Previously Held AFSC/MOS 63110-Fuel Specialist
56870A-Conventional Fuel
54630J-Liquid Fuel Systems Maintenance Specialist
Service Years
1951 - 1978
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Additional Information
What are you doing now:
ACCESS is Alternative Community Correctional Educational Service and Support. This is for high school students who for various reasons have not be functioning properly in the regular high school program.
1968-1973, B-52 Stratofortress (Buff)
From Year 1968
To Year 1973
Personal Memories
B-52G models at Mather AFB, CA, outside of Sacramento. I was stationed there after returning from a year with the Army and Special Forces in Vietnam (1967-1968). Returned to Vietnam on Arc Light missions in the B52D in 1970. Then the SAC Command Post and then the 15th Air Force Inspector General.
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B-52 Stratofortress (Buff) Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Boeing B-52H Stratofortress Length 160.89 ft | 49.04 m Width 185.10 ft | 56.42 m Height 40.68 ft | 12.40 m Engine(s) 8 x Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3 turbofan engines generating 17,000lbs of standard thrust each. Empty Weight 172,743 lbs | 78,355 kg MTOW 487,993 lbs | 221,350 kg Max Speed 595 mph | 958 km/h | 517 kts Max Range 10,000 miles | 16,093 km Ceiling 54,954 ft | 16,750 m | 10.4 miles Climb Rate Not Available Hardpoints 2 Armament Mission-specific armament can include any of the following:
20 x AGM-86B ALCM cruise missiles (internal) 20 x AGM-129 cruise missiles (internal) 2 x AGM-86B ALCMs cruise missile (external) 2 x AGM-129 cruise missiles (external) Free Fall Nuclear Bombs 12 x AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 12 x AGM-142A air-to-surface missiles AGM-86C CALCM cruise missiles JDAMs
Up to 51,570lbs (340kg) class bombs or mines Accommodations 6 Operators United States of America