Kendle, Gerard, 1stSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
First Sergeant (E-7)
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
8F000-First Sergeant
Current/Last AFSC Group
Special Duty
Primary Unit
2006-2008, 8F000, 167th Airlift Group
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
99000-Basic Airman
81150-Security Specialist
31P-Security Forces
Service Years
1984 - 2008
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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First Sergeant (E-7)

 Official Badges 

Air Force Security Police Air Force Retired US Air Force Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Blue Star First Sergeant


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 211West VirginiaDept of MarylandAF145
AFSA 102
  1992, American Legion, Post 211 (Funkstown, Maryland) - Chap. Page
  2002, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS), West Virginia (Member) (West Virginia) - Chap. Page
  2005, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Dept of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) - Chap. Page
  2006, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA), AF145 (Paymaster) (Rockville, Maryland) - Chap. Page
  2006, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA), AFSA 102 (Executive Officer) (Andrews AFB, Maryland) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I am a police officer in Hagerstown Maryland.  I am a JOAT problem solving and working long term solutions to reducing crime in my community.
   
 1986-1988, A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog)
From Year
1986		 To Year
1988
   
Personal Memories
Built at home here in hagerstown
   
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 A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications

Model Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthog)
Length 53.31 ft | 16.25 m
Width 57.51 ft | 17.53 m
Height 14.67 ft | 4.47 m
Engine(s) 2 x General Electric TF34-GE-100 non-afterburning turbofan engines generating 9,065lbs of thrust each.
Empty Weight 27,999 lbs | 12,700 kg
MTOW 51,998 lbs | 23,586 kg
Max Speed 439 mph | 707 km/h | 382 kts
Max Range 474 miles | 763 km
Ceiling 34,695 ft | 10,575 m | 6.6 miles
Climb Rate 6,000 ft/min (1,828 m/min)
Hardpoints 11
Armament 1 x 30mm GAU-8/A Seven-Barrel Gatling Gun

Up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including:

Mk-82 Series 500lb Bombs, Mk-84 Series 2,000lb Bombs, Incendiary Cluster Bombs, Combined Effects Munitions, Mine Dispensing Munitions, AGM-65 Maverick Missiles, Paveway Laser-guided / Electro-Optically Guided Bombs, Infra-red Countermeasure Flares, Electronic Countermeasure Chaff, Jammer Pods, 2.75-inch Rocket Pods, Illumination Flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missiles.
Accommodations 1
   
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Last Updated: Jun 25, 2010
   
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