Fortman, David, Capt

Aircrew
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Captain
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1535F-Navigator
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1964-1968, 1535F, 960th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
1535-Navigator, Tanker
1535E-Navigator
1531F-Navigator
Service Years
1959 - 1968
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 Official Badges 

Air Force Retired


 Unofficial Badges 




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Rifle Association (NRA)Post 2578, Dennis F. Thomas PostC-123's in SEA
  1980, National Rifle Association (NRA)
  1982, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 2578, Dennis F. Thomas Post (Hyannis, Massachusetts) - Chap. Page
  2004, C-123's in SEA


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Fortmann, Vortmann Family Geneology....back to 1531 from German Church records in St Gertrud's Catholic Church in Lohne, Oldenburg Province, Germany........60 NM So of North Sea half way btwn Amsterdam and Berlin.  Shooting for 1349 and Black plague...... very intriguing sorting out families and blood lines of 100's of Fortmann's 
   
Other Comments:

see:    davidafortmanancestors.com........stay in Fortmann...Fortman Tree.......view photos's and 15 generations back to 1531........if your interested in Geneology this is the route.
   

 Remembrance Profiles -  4 Airmen Remembered

 1960-1963, KC-97 Stratotanker
From Year
1960		 To Year
1963
   
Personal Memories
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 KC-97 Stratotanker Details
 


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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Last Updated: Oct 30, 2009
   
My Photos From This Aircraft/Missile
KC-97 SAC Tanker
KC-97 SAC Tanker

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  • Arnold, Berle, MSgt, (1950-1970)
  • Balint, George, A2C, (1956-1961)
  • Barboza, Tom, A2C, (1963-1967)
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  • Beining, Peter, A1C, (1962-1966)
  • Benjamin, Melvin, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • Bennett, Gary, A2C, (1958-1962)
  • Black, Willie, TSgt, (1958-1979)
  • Brash, Harry, (1958-1986)
  • Brooks, William, A2C, (1957-1960)
  • Brown, James, SMSgt, (1951-1978)
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  • Carter, David, A2C, (1956-1960)
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  • CLARK, MICHAEL, SSgt, (1960-1968)
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  • Cook, Robert B., CMSgt, (1948-1976)
  • Cooper, Edwin, Lt Col, (1953-1973)
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