If you are a Veteran, reconnect with the people you served with on Together We Served!
Service Photo
Service Details
Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
30470-Radio Relay Equipment Technician
Current/Last AFSC Group
Electronics Maintenance
Primary Unit
1968-1971, 30490, Headquarters, Air Training Command
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
32331-Apprentice Turret Systems Gunner
32351-Defensive Fire Control Systems Operator
32351-Turret Systems Gunner
43173-Inflight Refueling Technician
30430-Apprentice Radio Relay Equipment Repairman
30470-Radio Relay Equipment Maintenance Technician
30490-Ground Radio Maintenance Superintendent
Service Years
1949 - 1979
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
1971, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA)
- Assoc. Page
1971, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA)
- Assoc. Page
1971, American Legion
- Assoc. Page
1971, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
- Assoc. Page
1971, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)
1971, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
- Assoc. Page
1971, National Rifle Association (NRA)
1990, Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association
1995, Air Force Gunners Association
2000, State Guard Association of the United States, Tennessee State Guard (Instructor) (Nashville, Tennessee)
2004, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Upper Cumberland (Crossville, Tennessee)
- Chap. Page
2008, Civil Air Patrol - U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
- Assoc. Page
2013, In-Flight Refueling Association (Boomers)
2013, 19th Bombardment Association
- Assoc. Page
2015, Air Force Memorial (AFM)
- Assoc. Page
What are you doing now:
I'm Retired
Other Comments:
I'm a Major in the Civil Air Patrol
From Year 1955
To Year 1957
Image
Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics * Crew: five (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer, boom operator) * Capacity: 9,000 gal (34,000 L) of jet fuel * Length: 117 ft 5 in (m) * Wingspan: 141 ft 2 in (m) * Height: 38 ft 4 in (m) * Wing area: ft² (m²) * Empty weight: 82,500 lb (kg) * Loaded weight: 153,000 lb (kg) * Max takeoff weight: 175,000 lb (kg) * Powerplant: o 2× General Electric J47-GE-23 turbojets, 5,790 lbf (kN) each o 4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-59 radial engines, 3,500 hp (kW) each Performance * Maximum speed: 400 mph (km/h) * Cruise speed: 230 mph (km/h) * Range: 2,300 mi (km) * Service ceiling 30,000 ft (m) * Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s) * Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²) * Power/mass (prop): hp/lb (kW/kg)