Decker, C David (Charles), A1C

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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Airman 1st Class
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
43250-Jet Engine Mechanic
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
Primary Unit
1962-1965, 43250, 1611th Field Maintenance Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
43210-Jet Engine Mechanic
Service Years
1961 - 1965
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Airman 1st Class

 Official Badges 

Military Airlift Command Outstanding Airman US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style) Transport Command




 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Journeyman Technician F-106 DART Vietnam Era Veteran




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
AF 872Post 181
  2010, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA), AF 872 (Paymaster) (Scott AFB, Illinois) - Chap. Page
  2010, American Legion, Post 181 (Mentee) (Sandwich, Illinois) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

RETIRED, HOBBY-WOODWORKING, TRAVEL

   
Other Comments:

LIVING IN SHERIDAN ILLINOIS 60551
PO BOX 477
decker.david@aol.com

 

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  3 Airmen Remembered
  • Del favero, David, A2C, (1961-1965)
  • Zimmerman, Louis, A2C, (1962-1966)

 1963-1965, F-105 Thunderchief (Thud)
From Year
1963
To Year
1965
   
Personal Memories
Not Specified
   
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 F-105 Thunderchief (Thud) Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Republic F-105D Thunderchief
Length 64.24 ft | 19.58 m
Width 34.94 ft | 10.65 m
Height 19.59 ft | 5.97 m
Engine(s) 1 x Pratt & Whitney J75-P-19W turbojet engine generating 24,500lbs of thrust with afterburn capability.
Empty Weight 27,500 lbs | 12,474 kg
MTOW 52,838 lbs | 23,967 kg
Max Speed 1,390 mph | 2,237 km/h | 1,208 kts
Max Range 920 miles | 1,480 km
Ceiling 41,207 ft | 12,560 m | 7.8 miles
Climb Rate 34,400 ft/min (10,485 m/min)
Hardpoints 4
Armament 1 x 20mm cannon

Internal bomb load capacity of up to 8,000lbs (3,629 kg) with an overall capacity of 12,000lbs (5,442 kg) of munitions (with the inclusion of the external hardpoints).

Mission-specific armament can include AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, mine dispensers, air-to-surface missiles, rocket pods, fuel tanks, nuclear-tipped weapons and conventional dumb bombs.
Accommodations 1


Major Variants

* YF-105A - Initial prototypes of which two produced; Pratt & Whitney J57-P-25 turbojet.
* YF-105B - Second prototype of which four produced; J75-P-3 powerplant.
* F-105 - Base model designation
* F-105B - First production rate model
* F-105D - All-Weather Attack Variant
* F-105F - Final production designation; Two-seat conversion trainer model.
* EF-105F - Wild Weasel conversion with special radar detection equipment and anti-radar air-to-surface missiles.
* F-105G - Later designation of same EF-105F Wild Weasel Variant.


   
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Last Updated: Aug 27, 2014
   
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  • Anderson, Warner, SSgt, (1962-1966)
  • Andrews, Robert, SSgt, (1961-1965)
  • Antonaccio, Joseph, Sgt, (1962-1968)
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  • Boardman, George, A1C, (1962-1966)
  • Bomback, Thomas, A1C, (1960-1964)
  • Bowman, Terry, SMSgt, (1960-1981)
  • Bradshaw, Robert, Col, (1958-1988)
  • Brady, Kenneth, A1C, (1960-1965)
  • Brame, Arthur, CMSgt, (1955-1988)
  • Brian, James, SSgt, (1980-2000)
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  • Buran, Wayne, A2C, (1962-1966)
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  • Cavrak, Charles, A2C, (1961-1965)
  • Childers, John, SMSgt, (1968-2002)
  • Clark, Fred, Sgt, (1963-1967)
  • Coe, Thomas, Sgt, (1963-1967)
  • Colby, Randy, TSgt, (1961-1982)
  • Cormier, William, SMSgt, (1957-1979)
  • Crawford, David, A1C, (1962-1966)
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  • Cunningham, Stephen, Sgt, (1964-1970)
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  • Deckard, Samuel, A1C, (1962-1966)
  • Decker, James, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • DeGusipe, Ron, A1C, (1959-1963)
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