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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
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Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
23370-Continuous Photoprocessing Technician
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Current/Last AFSC Group
Video Services
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Primary Unit
1969-1974, 23370, 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
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Previously Held AFSC/MOS
23250-Photographer
23250-Still Photographer
23350-Continuous Photoprocessing Specialist
23354-Still Photographic Laboratory Specialist
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Service Years
1956 - 1979
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Foreign Language(s)
German
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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What are you doing now:
Retired AF. Retired AAFES. Retired Air Force NAF.....now just plain retired, period.
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Other Comments:
Not Specified
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- Lacoco, Michael, SSgt, (1951-1969)
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- Powe, Nathaniel, SMSgt, (1940-Present)
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From Year
1956 |
To Year
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17th TRS, Shaw AFB. To be transfered out being replaced by the RF-101A.
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Aircraft/Missile Information
(Fairchild Republic) The first of the modern jets to be designed specifically for photo-reconnaissance, the Thunderflash was the first reconnaissance airplane equipped with a combination of standard aerial cameras and dicing camera for close-up photos of individual targets. It was also the first fighter-type aircraft to be equipped with the Tri-Metrogon camera which could take horizon-to-horizon pictures. Unlike the Thunderstreak, the Thunderflash had its air-intake ducts located in the wing roots rather than the nose, which was elongated and enclosed to permit installation of a sweeping variety of camera and electronic equipment. It was the first reconnaissance fighter to have a camera control system and a viewfinder for the pilot, who also acted as the cameraman. The aircraft was first tested in February 1952, and 715 of the aircraft were produced.
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