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 of the United States (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

 1963-1964, C-123 Provider
From Year
1963
To Year
1964
   
Personal Memories
Not Specified
   
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 C-123 Provider Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Fairchild C-123K Provider
Length 78.48 ft | 23.92 m
Width 110.01 ft | 33.53 m
Height 33.99 ft | 10.36 m
Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-99W Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial piston engines generating 2,300hp each; 2 x General Electric J85-GE-17 turbojet engines developing 2,850lbf each.
Empty Weight 35,367 lbs | 16,042 kg
MTOW 59,525 lbs | 27,000 kg
Max Speed 228 mph | 367 km/h | 198 kts
Max Range 1,035 miles | 1,666 km
Ceiling 28,871 ft | 8,800 m | 5.5 miles
Climb Rate 1,150 ft/min
Hardpoints 0
Armament None.
Accommodations 3 + 62
Operators Cambodia, El Salvador, Laos, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Vietnam (South), Thailand, Venezuela and the United States of America.

   
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Last Updated: Nov 18, 2009
   
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C-123
C-123

  140 Also There at This Aircraft:
  • Adkins, Bob, A1C, (1963-1966)
  • Anderson, William (Andy), MSgt, (1961-1983)
  • Andrews, Willie, CMSgt, (1961-1991)
  • Attebury, John, Col, (1955-1987)
  • Ball, Charles, A1C, (1963-1967)
  • Bartholomew, Robert, A2C, (1961-1965)
  • Beining, Peter, A1C, (1962-1966)
  • [Name Withheld], (1963-1966)
  • Benjamin, Melvin, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • Blend, James, SSgt, (1960-1968)
  • Boyer, Joe, Col, (1954-1975)
  • Brown, William, SSgt, (1962-1970)
  • Brueggebors, Richard, Sgt, (1963-1969)
  • Brunelle, Robert, A2C, (1960-1964)
  • Burruss, James, Sgt, (1961-1968)
  • Byrne, Ed, CMSgt, (1955-1985)
  • Chiles, Herbert, A2C, (1960-1964)
  • Clanton, James, TSgt, (1957-1977)
  • Coleman, Mickey, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • Conder, Jimmie, Maj, (1952-1975)
  • Courtney, Wilbur, CMSgt, (1947-1972)
  • Cowley, Lawrence, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • Cronican, Richard, A2C, (1961-1965)
  • Dalrymple, Donald, A1C, (1959-1964)
  • Davis, Loren, A1C, (1960-1964)
  • Davis, Ray, SSgt, (1962-1966)
  • Dillmann, Edward, Maj, (1959-1980)
  • Eckert, Edwin, TSgt, (1953-1973)
  • Finnigan III, Thomas W, A2C, (1961-1965)
  • Fisher, Richard, Lt Col, (1956-1976)
  • Fletcher, Richard, MSgt, (1963-1983)
  • Garbett, Murray, CMSgt, (1966-1991)
  • Garcia, Efren, MSgt, (1962-1987)
  • Garrett, Robert, TSgt, (1956-1977)
  • Gillihan, Robert, A1C, (1958-1966)
  • Graves, Paul, SSgt, (1962-1966)
  • Harris, James, Sgt, (1963-1968)
  • Held, Sheridan, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • Hicks, Donald, 1st Lt, (1952-1965)
  • Hollowell, Robert, MSgt, (1955-1986)
  • Holzinger, Gary, A1C, (1963-1968)
  • Humphrey, Walter, Capt, (1962-1968)
  • Jackson, Edwin, Sgt, (1962-1966)
  • Kehler, William, Col, (1960-1990)
  • Kniss, George, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • Knowlton, John, Maj, (1952-1975)
  • Latshaw, Richard, Capt, (1959-1969)
  • Maze, Joseph, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • McIlquham, Gary, A1C, (1961-1965)
  • Miller, Louis, MSgt, (1957-1984)
  • Montgomery, Monte, Brig Gen, (1956-1986)
  • Moore, Patrick, SSgt, (1962-1966)
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