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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
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Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
427X1-Corrosion Control
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Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
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Primary Unit
1988-1988, Tactical Air Command (TAC)
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Previously Held AFSC/MOS
42751-Corrosion Control Specialist
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Service Years
1968 - 1988
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From Year
1971 |
To Year
1973 |
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Base flight aircraft along with the H-21
Flying Banana
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Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics
* Crew: 4 (Pilot, copilot, crew chief, gunner)
* Capacity: 6-8 combat-equipped troops, or equivalent cargo
* Length: 41 ft 8 in (12.69 m)
* Rotor diameter: 48 ft 0 in (14.6 m)
* Height: 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m)
* Disc area: 1,808 ft² (168.0 m²)
* Empty weight: 6,000 lb (2,721.5 kg)
* Loaded weight: 10,500 lb (4,762.7 kg)
* Useful load: 4500 lb (2038.0 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 10,500 lb (4,762.7 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada T400-CP-400 turboshaft, 900 shp (671 kW), (total 1,250 shp) each
Performance
* Maximum speed: 120 knots (135 mph, 220 km/h)
* Cruise speed: 110 knots (126 mph, 207.3 km/h)
* Range: nmi (286 mi, 460 km)
* Service ceiling: 17,300 ft (5,273 m)
* Rate of climb: 1,755 ft/min (8.9 m/s)
* Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
Armament
* 2.75-inch rocket pods,
* GAU-16 .50 Cal. Machinegun,
* GAU-17 7.62mm minigun or M240 7.62mm lightweight machinegun
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