Ford, Mike, TSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
9A000-Awaiting Retraining - Reasons beyond control
Current/Last AFSC Group
Special Reporting
Primary Unit
2001-2006, 1C3X1, 11th Mission Support Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
46250-Weapons Mechanic
2W1X1-Aircraft Armament Systems
2W1X1H-Aircraft Armament Systems F-111
8R000-Recruiter
2W1X1C-Aircraft Armament Systems A-10
1C3X1-Command Post Apprentice
Service Years
1986 - 2006
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Technical Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Air Force Recruiting Service Air Force Retired Missileman (Senior)


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Munitions Journeyman Technician Munitions Master Technician


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)Post 10965, Paso Robles PostPost 50National Society Sons of the American Revolution
Chapter 91
  1991, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) - Assoc. Page
  1995, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 10965, Paso Robles Post (Paso Robles, California) - Chap. Page
  2012, American Legion, Post 50 (Vice President) (Paso Robles, California) - Chap. Page
  2013, National Society Sons of the American Revolution - Assoc. Page
  2013, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 91 (Lompoc, California) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Enjoying life now that I am retired.  Gotta say though, I LOVED almost every day I served on Active Duty.  Yes, even the ones where we were recalled at o-dark thirty, and had to sit in a Mobility line doing a bag-drag for hours and doing nothing else, only then to be told we were released to go home, or in some cases, to work.  I miss it ALL! 
I had the most FUN as a Weapons Loader, or Load Toad.  But the most rewarding job was as a Command Post Controller.  Recruiting?  Forget it.

   
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 1995-1996, A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog)
From Year
1995
To Year
1996
   
Personal Memories
Beware the Hog-Bite! Ouch!
   
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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 11, 2012
   
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