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.

   
Other Comments:


   

 1986-1990, B-52 Stratofortress (Buff)
From Year
1986
To Year
1990
   
Personal Memories
G-models Rule!
   
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 B-52 Stratofortress (Buff) Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
Length 160.89 ft | 49.04 m
Width 185.10 ft | 56.42 m
Height 40.68 ft | 12.40 m
Engine(s) 8 x Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3 turbofan engines generating 17,000lbs of standard thrust each.
Empty Weight 172,743 lbs | 78,355 kg
MTOW 487,993 lbs | 221,350 kg
Max Speed 595 mph | 958 km/h | 517 kts
Max Range 10,000 miles | 16,093 km
Ceiling 54,954 ft | 16,750 m | 10.4 miles
Climb Rate Not Available
Hardpoints 2
Armament Mission-specific armament can include any of the following:

20 x AGM-86B ALCM cruise missiles (internal)
20 x AGM-129 cruise missiles (internal)
2 x AGM-86B ALCMs cruise missile (external)
2 x AGM-129 cruise missiles (external)
Free Fall Nuclear Bombs
12 x AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles
12 x AGM-142A air-to-surface missiles
AGM-86C CALCM cruise missiles
JDAMs

Up to 51,570lbs (340kg) class bombs or mines
Accommodations 6
Operators United States of America

   
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Last Updated: Jun 11, 2012
   
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