Rice, Donald, Maj

Air Operations

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USAF Retired

Current/Last Rank
Major

Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1435Z-Air Operations Officer

Current/Last AFSC Group
Air Operations

Primary Unit
1971-1972, 1435Z, 449th Bombardment Wing, Heavy

Previously Held AFSC/MOS
1521E-Navigator-Bombardier
1525C-Navigator-Bombardier
1225P-Pilot
1061B-Pilot
1065B-Pilot
1065C-Pilot
1055A-Pilot Troop Carrier

Service Years
1952 - 1972

Official Badges

US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style)

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Air Force Navigators and Observers Association


	1972, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA), AF245 (Paymaster) (Fairchild AFB, Washington) - Chap. Page
	1975, Reserve Organization of America, Chapter 5 (Director) (Washington)
	1975, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Spokane (Veradale, Washington) - Chap. Page
	2013, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 6 (Treasurer) (Spokane Valley, Washington) - Chap. Page
	2018, Air Force Navigators and Observers Association

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

After 20 years in the Air Force and an additional 18 years with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Spokane VA Medical Center, I am fully retired.

Remembrance Profiles - 1 Airman Remembered

Dugan, Thomas Wayne, Col, (1951-1968)

1956-1956, B-17 Flying Fortress

From Year 1956	To Year 1956

Personal Memories

Served as the Navigator on a 7 hr. 30 min. flight from Tachikawa AB, Japan to Taipei, Taiwan to deliver a B-17G to Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist Air Force.

Image	B-17 Flying Fortress Details
	Aircraft/Missile Information Specifications Model Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Length 74.74 ft \| 22.78 m Width 103.74 ft \| 31.62 m Height 19.09 ft \| 5.82 m Engine(s) 4 x Wright Cyclone R-1820-97 radial piston engines generating 1,200 hp each. Empty Weight 36,136 lbs \| 16,391 kg MTOW 72,003 lbs \| 32,660 kg Max Speed 287 mph \| 462 km/h \| 249 kts Max Range 2,001 miles \| 3,220 km Ceiling 35,597 ft \| 10,850 m \| 6.7 miles Climb Rate 540.5 ft/min (164.7 m/min) Hardpoints 0 Armament 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered "belly" turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left front "cheek" position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right front "cheek" position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left waist position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right waist position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in radio operator's midship position (removed on later models) 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered chin turret (later models) Maximum internal bombload of 7,983 kg (17,600 lbs). Accommodations 10 Operators United Kingdom and the United States of America.