Marchon, Donald, Maj

Aircrew
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Major
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1021A-Pilot
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1972-1975, 1021A, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
6-Pilot Trainee
1025A-Pilot
1435C-Air Operations Officer
1045F-Pilot
Service Years
1955 - 1975
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Major

 Official Badges 

Air Force JROTC Instructors Combat Crew NORAD Command Badge


 Unofficial Badges 




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 8463, Harney Point Post
  2011, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 8463, Harney Point Post (Cape Coral, Florida) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Caring for Goldie a Cocker Spaniel and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  1 Airman Remembered
  • Bullock, Jerry, Col

 1957-1959, F-94 Starfire
From Year
1957
To Year
1959
   
Personal Memories
Wilmington Deleware
   
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 F-94 Starfire Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications (F-94C Starfire)

Data from[citation needed]

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
* Wingspan: 42 ft 5 in (12.9 m)
* Height: 14 ft 11 in (4.5 m)
* Wing area: 232.8 ft² (21.63 m²)
* Empty weight: 12,708 lb (5,764 kg)
* Loaded weight: 18,300 lb (8,300 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 24,184 lb (10,970 kg)
* Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 turbojet, 8,750 lbf (38.9 kN)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 640 mph (556 knots, 1,030 km/h)
* Range: 700 nm (805 mi, 1,300 km) combat
* Ferry range: 1,100 nm ()
* Service ceiling 51,400 ft (15,670 m)
* Rate of climb: 7,980 ft/min (40.5 m/s)
* Wing loading: 78.6 lb/ft² (384 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.48

Armament

* Guns: 4× .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns
* Rockets: 24× or 48× 2.75 in (70 mm) fin-folding aerial rockets

Avionics

* AN/APG-40 radar

   
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Last Updated: Nov 11, 2023
   
My Photos From This Aircraft/Missile
332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire 51-5515 1954 Stationedd at New Castle

  26 Also There at This Aircraft:
 
  • Alligood, Gilbert, A1C, (1955-1959)
  • Benson, Robert, 1st Lt, (1952-1956)
  • Clark, Roy, MSgt, (1955-1978)
  • Clifford, Don, Maj, (1952-1972)
  • DiCarlo, Bart, A1C, (1953-1957)
  • Gisriel, Jim, Maj, (1953-1974)
  • Harrell, Stanley, MSgt, (1951-1975)
  • Kincaid, Richard A, Capt, (1953-1964)
  • Knoebel, Eugene, TSgt, (1952-1959)
  • Leighton, Art, CWO4, (1950-1970)
  • Moats, Sanford Kenneth, Lt Gen, (1942-1977)
  • Rogers, Douglas, 1stSgt, (1956-1980)
  • Schnell, James, A1C, (1955-1959)
  • Stewart, Robert, TSgt, (1955-1977)
  • Warner, Dareld, CMSgt, (1958-1980)
  • Willis, Joe, SMSgt, (1957-1977)
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