Jeffers, Vic, MSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
43290-Aircraft Engine Superintendent
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
Primary Unit
1977-1977, 43270, NCO Academy - ATC Lackland AFB (Staff)
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
43230-Apprentice Jet Engine Mechanic
43250-Jet Engine Mechanic
43270-Jet Engine Technician
Service Years
1962 - 1982
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Master Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Professional Military Education Air Training Command Master Instructor (post-1967) Air Force Retired Air Training Command Instructor (post-1966)

US Air Force Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Chapter 3Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)Post 53Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood
  1982, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 3 (Nashville, Tennessee) - Chap. Page
  2001, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  2003, American Legion, Post 53 (Vice President) (Harriman, Tennessee) - Chap. Page
  2010, Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

1983 to 2005, Retired City Carrier, US Postal Service, Knoxville,TN
Mayor Oakdale,TN. 1999 to 2012
Fully retired, have cancer from Agent Orange, still looking for the Golden years of retirement.

   

 1965-1970, F-101 Voodoo
From Year
1965
To Year
1970
   
Personal Memories
RF101 Shaw AFB,SC 1965-66
RF101 Udorn RTAFB, Thailand 1966-67
F101 Tyndall AFB,FL 1969-70
   
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 F-101 Voodoo Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
Length 67.39 ft | 20.54 m
Width 39.67 ft | 12.09 m
Height 18.01 ft | 5.49 m
Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whitney J57-P-55 turbojet engines with afterburn generating 14,880lbs of thrust.
Empty Weight 28,971 lbs | 13,141 kg
MTOW 52,399 lbs | 23,768 kg
Max Speed 1,221 mph | 1,965 km/h | 1,061 kts
Max Range 1,550 miles | 2,494 km
Ceiling 54,806 ft | 16,705 m | 10.4 miles
Climb Rate 36,500 ft/min (11,133 m/min)
Hardpoints 6
Armament Mission-specific weapons may include the following:

2 x MB-1 Genie air-to-air missiles (nuclear-tipped).
4 x Falcon air-to-air missiles OR 6 x Falcon air-to-air missiles.
Accommodations 1


Major Variants

* XF-88 - Prototype Interceptor Model designation on which the F-101 is based on.
* F-101A - Single-Seat Base Production Model
* F-101B - Two-Seat All-Weather Interceptor Model.
* F-101C
* RF-101A - Reconnaissance Conversion Models

   
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Last Updated: Jan 10, 2014
   
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