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 (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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 1992-2003, F-15 Eagle/Strike Eagle
From Year
1992
To Year
2003
   
Personal Memories
E-model is an awesome bird to load!
   
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 F-15 Eagle/Strike Eagle Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model McDonnell Douglas / Boeing F-15A Eagle
Length 63.78 ft | 19.44 m
Width 42.78 ft | 13.04 m
Height 18.50 ft | 5.64 m
Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburn generating 25,000lbs of thrust.
Empty Weight 27,000 lbs | 12,247 kg
MTOW 56,002 lbs | 25,402 kg
Max Speed 1,650 mph | 2,655 km/h | 1,434 kts
Max Range 600 miles | 966 km
Ceiling 62,992 ft | 19,200 m | 11.9 miles
Climb Rate 50,000 ft/min (15,250 m/min)
Hardpoints 7
Armament 1 x M61A1 20mm cannon

Mission-specific ordnance can include any of the following:

4 x AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles
2 x AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
2 x AIM-120 Amraam air-to-air missiles
GBU-10 Laser-Guided Bombs
GBU-12 Laser-Guided Bombs
GBU-24 Laser-Guided Bombs
GBU-15 Electro-Optically Guided Bombs
AGM-130 Powered Bombs
GBU-31 JDAM
GBU-32 JDAM
JSOW Conventional Bombs
Cluster Munitions
B51 Nuclear Bombs
B61 Nuclear Bombs
AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles
AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles

Up to 16,000 lbs of various ordnance.
Accommodations 1 or 2


Major Variants

? YF-15A - Prototype Model Designation
? F-15A - Single-Seat Variant
? F-15B - Dual-Seat Variant; initially designated as the TF-15A.
? F-15C - Single seat model fitted with F100-P-220 23,450lb engines; updated systems throughout; improved APG-70 radar system.
? F-15D - Two-seat model fitted with F100-P-220 23,450lb engines; updated systems throughout; improved AGP-70 radar system.
? F-15E "Strike Eagle" - Strengthened airframe; improved advanced air-to-air capabilities; improved ground attack capabilities.
? TF-15A - Initial Designation for the twin-seat F-15B model.

   
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Last Updated: Jun 11, 2012
   
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