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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
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Current/Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
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Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
43151E-Aircraft Mechanic
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Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
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Primary Unit
1961-1964, 43151E, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
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Previously Held AFSC/MOS
43131E-Apprentice Aircraft Mechanic
43151E-Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
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Service Years
1960 - 1967
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| Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Cuban Missile Crisis
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From Year
1964 |
To Year
1966 |
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Aircraft/Missile Information
C-135A/E/R
Fifteen C-135As, powered by J57 turbojets, were built. In later years, almost all were upgraded with TF33 turbofan engines and wide-span tail planes, and were re-designated C-135E. Later on most of the C-135Es were re-engined again, using the more powerful turbofan engine, the CFM-56-2A.
Model Boeing 707-320C
Length 149.61 ft | 45.60 m
Width 145.73 ft | 44.42 m
Height 0.00 ft | 0.00 m
Engine(s) 4 x Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 turbofans generating 19,000lbs of standard thrust each.
Empty Weight 145,999 lbs | 66,224 kg
MTOW 333,592 lbs | 151,315 kg
Max Speed 551 mph | 886 km/h | 478 kts
Max Range 4,300 miles | 6,920 km
Ceiling 38,993 ft | 11,885 m | 7.4 miles
Climb Rate Not Available
Hardpoints 0
Armament None.
Accommodations 9 + 189
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