Button, Donald, MSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
2G0X1-Logistics Plans
Current/Last AFSC Group
Logistics
Primary Unit
1975-1976, 60571, Detachment 6, 6th Aerial Port Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
60550-Air Passenger Specialist
60530-Apprentice Air Passenger Specialist
60551-Air Cargo Specialist
60571-Air Transportation Supervisor
Service Years
1970 - 1994
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Master Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Tactical Air Command Military Airlift Command Pacific Air Forces Professional Military Education

Air Force Retired Strategic Air Command US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style) Strategic Command (Pre 2002)




 Unofficial Badges 




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
AF234AFSA 1076Post 7108, Helotes PostPost 97
Chapter 80Chapter 14
  1984, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA), AF234 (Life Member) (San Antonio, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2010, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA), AFSA 1076 (Life Member) (Lackland AFB, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2010, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 7108, Helotes Post (Life Member) (Helotes, Texas) - Chap. Page
  2014, American Legion, Post 97 (Life Member) (San Tan Valley , Arizona) - Chap. Page
  2017, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA), Chapter 80 (Life Member) (San Antonio, Texas)
  2017, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 14 (Life Member) (San Antonio, Texas) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Retired and living in the San Tan Valley area.

   
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 1974-1974, C-47 Skytrain/Dakota
From Year
1974
To Year
1974
   
Personal Memories
Stories abound about trips between NKP RTAFB and Chang Mai, Thailand.
   
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 C-47 Skytrain/Dakota Details
 


Aircraft/Missile Information
During World War II, the armed forces of many countries used the C-47 and modified DC-3s for the transport of troops, cargo and wounded. Over 10,000 aircraft were produced in Long Beach and Santa Monica, California and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City plant produced 5,354 C-47s from March 1943 until August 1945.


Model Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Dakota Mk I
Length 63.75 ft | 19.43 m
Width 95.51 ft | 29.11 m
Height 16.99 ft | 5.18 m
Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whintey R-1830-92 14-cylinder radial piston engines delivering 1,200hp each.
Empty Weight 18,199 lbs | 8,255 kg
MTOW 25,999 lbs | 11,793 kg
Max Speed 230 mph | 370 km/h | 200 kts
Max Range 1,600 miles | 2,575 km
Ceiling 23,999 ft | 7,315 m | 4.5 miles
Climb Rate 1,041 ft/min
Hardpoints None.
Armament None.
Accommodations 3 + 27

   
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Last Updated: Jan 14, 2018
   
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  45 Also There at This Aircraft:
 
  • Boltinghouse, Harold, SSgt, (1967-1974)
  • Butts, James, SSgt, (1950-1954)
  • Cestnik, Vincent, SSgt, (1964-1968)
  • Connolly, Donald, CMSgt, (1953-1986)
  • Dahl, Frank, Sgt, (1971-1975)
  • Davies, Stephen, MSgt, (1968-1992)
  • Dewsnap, Stan, MSgt, (1973-1993)
  • Doyle, Larry, A2C, (1956-1960)
  • Fagan, Guy T., SSgt
  • Guidry, David, Sgt, (1971-1976)
  • Haynes, Tony, TSgt, (1968-1988)
  • Hayzlett, James, MSgt, (1955-1975)
  • Hornecker, John, MSgt, (1964-1986)
  • Joyce, James, Col, (1970-2009)
  • Lenzen, Raymond, MSgt, (1955-1978)
  • McCrea, Scott, Sgt, (1973-1977)
  • McKernan, Patrick, SrA, (1973-1977)
  • Minert, Kirk, MSgt, (1966-1991)
  • Morton, Kenneth, SSgt, (1959-1967)
  • Moul, Gregory, TSgt, (1973-1984)
  • Narvaez, Rafael, SMSgt, (1965-1986)
  • Roberts, Neil, SSgt, (1971-1988)
  • Seymour, Harvey, A2C, (1951-1955)
  • Smith, Vaughan, MSgt, (1969-1993)
  • Soileau, Andrew, TSgt, (1972-1992)
  • Stoecker, Tom, Capt, (1972-1993)
  • Stringfellow, Tim, Sgt, (1972-1976)
  • Vigliano, Richard, A1C, (1960-1964)
  • Watkins, Donald, MSgt, (1970-1991)
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