Currier, Vic, Sgt

Communications Systems
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
29150-Communications Center Specialist
Current/Last AFSC Group
Communications Systems
Primary Unit
1970-1971, 29150, 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
29130-Apprentice Communications Center Specialist
Service Years
1967 - 1973
Voice Edition
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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
12th Tactical Fighter Wing AssociationChapter 106Post 28Post 9972
  2017, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Association
  2017, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 106 (Life member) (Tucson, Arizona) - Chap. Page
  2017, American Legion, Post 28 (Vice President) (Key West, Florida) - Chap. Page
  2018, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 9972 (Life Member) (Sierra Vista, Arizona) - Chap. Page


 1969-1971, C-7 Caribou
From Year
1969		 To Year
1971
   
Personal Memories
Supported comm, computers, navigational aids, radar, rapcon, tower air traffic control for highly decorated 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing base host. ...stall speed less than 100 mph ...you could land the damn thing on a mountain side ...but they WERE NOT bullet proof ! A lot of good men died flying these. R.I.P. brothers !
   
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 C-7 Caribou Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Country of Origin Canada (DHC-4A, CC-108)
Similar Aircraft Buffalo C-8A, DHC-5
Role STOL utility transport (32 equipped troops, 1/4-ton trucks).
Span 95 ft. 7 in.
Length 72 ft. 7 in.
Height 31 ft. 8 in.
Weight 28,500 lbs. max.
Armament None
Engines Two Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2s of 1,450 hp. ea.
Crew Three
Cost $800,000
Maximum speed 216 mph.
Cruising speed 152 mph.
Range 1,175 miles
Service Ceiling 24,800 ft.
   
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Last Updated: Feb 21, 2014
   
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