Johnson, Charles, SSgt

Communications Systems
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
29370-Ground Radio Operations Supervisor
Current/Last AFSC Group
Communications Systems
Primary Unit
1977-1981, 29370, 2049th Communications Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
29333-Radio Operator
29350-Ground Radio Operator
29350E-Ground Radio Operator
Service Years
1966 - 1981
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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)Dept of North CarolinaDisabled American Veterans (DAV)
American Legion
  1973, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) - Assoc. Page
  1985, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - Assoc. Page
  1995, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Dept of North Carolina (Raleigh, North Carolina) - Chap. Page
  2002, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
  2003, American Legion - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Traveling when we can, mainly to Tampa to spend some time at Coons Creek Campground

   
Other Comments:

My wife is fighting cancer of the colon so things are up in the air for now, 12/26/2011

   

 1967-1968, C-123 Provider
From Year
1967
To Year
1968
   
Personal Memories
Heck of a boost when the JATO packs fired to get out of a too small strip
   
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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: Jul 4, 2010
   
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