Waters, Thomas, Lt Col

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Service Status
USAF Retired
Final Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Last AFSC
4016-Aircraft Maintenance Staff Officer
Last AFSC Group
Equipment Maintenance
Primary Unit
1995-1997, 21RX, Air National Guard Readyness Center
Previously Held AFSC's
46250-Aircraft Weapons Mechanic
00350-Egress Mechanic
42252-Aircrew Egress Systems Repairman
42272-Aircrew Egress Systems Repair Technician
4024-Aircraft Maintenance Officer
21RX-Logistics Readiness
Service Years
1960 - 1997
Lieutenant Colonel

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Air Force Commander Air Force Retired


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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Air & Space Forces Association (AFA)Tuskegee Airmen, IncChapter 15
  1968, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 10054, Clyde E. Newman Jr. Post (Pahrump, Nevada) - Chap. Page
  1969, Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) - Assoc. Page
  1976, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) - Assoc. Page
  1990, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  1990, Logistics Officer Association
  1990, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc
  2008, American Legion, Post (Vice President) ( Las Vegas, Nevada) - Chap. Page
  2008, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 15 (Pahrump, Nevada) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I am enjoying the "retired" life in Nevada.  Retired means that I am a VOLUNTEER for the:
- Basin College Steering Committee
- Veterans Memorial Advisory Board
- Poverty Outreach Commission
- Life Member of the VFW and DAV (Very active with both)
- Nevada Center for Public Police Dialogue
- Prostate Cancer Support Group - Recorder
- Ordained Elder for two local churches

In the November 2010 General Election, I was elected to serve as a member of our Town Board.  Our Town is governed by a five-member Town Board and I was elected to serve a four-year term.  I still try to maintain my volunteer status in the Town and the County where I can. 

   
Other Comments:

I would love to get into my golf game but am not used to the Nevada heat yet.  :-)

I am also on a Bowling League and trying to improve my game.

   

 1962-1966, RF-4C Phantom II
From Year
1962
To Year
1966
   
Personal Memories
This was with the 4411 CAMS at Shaw AFB, SC. I worked as a Weapons Mechanic here and also as a 5-level Egress technician here.
   
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 RF-4C Phantom II Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS RF-4C PHANTOM II
McDonnell Douglas RF-4C

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In the early 1960s, the USAF recognized the need for more tactical reconnaissance aircraft to reinforce the RF-101s then in service. The USAF chose a modification of the F-4C fighter. The RF-4C development program began in 1962, and the first production aircraft made its initial flight on May 18, 1964. The Air Force officially accepted a total of 499 RF-4Cs.

The RF-4C can carry a variety of cameras in three different stations in its nose section. It could take photos at both high and low altitude, day or night. The RF-4C carried no offensive armament, although during the last few years of its service some were fitted with four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for defense.

The 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron became the first operational unit to fly the RF-4C. In October 1965 that unit deployed to Southeast Asia to provide photographic reconnaissance of the growing conflict in South Vietnam. In the following years, RF-4Cs flew reconnaissance missions around the world, including Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Iraq in 1990-1991. The Air Force retired all of its RF-4Cs by 1985.

The RF-4C on display was delivered to the USAF on Sept. 9, 1965. It served in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Europe, Cuba and the Middle East. During Desert Shield/Desert Storm, this aircraft flew a total of 172 missions, more than any other F-4 aircraft. When flown to the museum in May 1994, it had more than 7,300 hours of flying time.

   
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Last Updated: Mar 14, 2011
   
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