McGowan, Samuel, Jr., TSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Technical Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
11470-Load Master Supervisor
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1969-1970, 60770, 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
43131E-Apprentice Aircraft Mechanic
43131F-Apprentice Aircraft Mechanic
43151F-Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
60750-Aircraft Loadmaster
60750A-Aircraft Loadmaster
60770-Aircraft Loadmaster Technician
60770A-Aircraft Loadmaster Technician
Service Years
1963 - 1975
Voice Edition
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Technical Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Combat Crew


 Unofficial Badges 

C-5 Galaxy 1000 Hour C-141 Starlifter 1000 Hour


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
The Alamo ChapterTroop Carrier/Tactical Airlift AssociationChapter 195
  1999, Professional Loadmasters Association, The Alamo Chapter (San Antonio, Texas)
  2006, Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association - Assoc. Page
  2015, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 195 (Pearland, Texas) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I am now retired from corporate flying and am rated 80% disabled and unemployable by the VA.

I have also been known to do some free-lance writing for magazines such as VIETNAM, WORLD WAR II and WW II HISTORY and am the author of a book about the C-130 troop carrier/tactical airlift mission and a Vietnam war novel, THE CAVE. My books are available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other sellers. For details and to order autographed copies, go to www.sammcgowan.com/books.html.

   Other Comments:

In 2006 I helped found the Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Assocation and served as the secretary until 2017. www.troopcarrier.org

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  5 Airmen Remembered

  1963, Basic Military Training (Lackland AFB, TX), 3726
School
Basic Military Training (Lackland AFB, TX)

Squadron
3726

Flight
Not Specified

Start Date 
Jul, 1963
 

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Last Updated:Sep 13, 2016
   
   
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  254 Also There at This Training:
Name Sqdn Flt Start Date
Blakely, John, MSgt, (1963-1986) 3726 686 Jun, 1963
Jeffries, Waymon L., A1C, (1963-1967) 3726 901 Jun, 1963
Pole, Charles, A1C, (1963-1967) 3726 793 Jun, 1963
Shugrue, Michael, A2C, (1963-1967) 3726 1012 Aug, 1963
Atwater, Bob, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3726 Sep, 1963
Corbran, Paul, A1C, (1963-1967) 3726 1219 Sep, 1963
Johnson, Theodore, MSgt, (1963-2003) 3726 1140 Sep, 1963
Koetting, Brian, CMSgt, (1963-1993) 3726 1243 Sep, 1963
Miller, Robert, Sgt, (1963-1968) 3726 1286 Sep, 1963
Rogers, Halbert, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3726 1310 Sep, 1963
Allison, Geneva, A2C, (1963-1965) 123 Jul, 1963
Batchelder, Norman, MSgt, (1963-1989) 3708 721 Jul, 1963
Bennett, Leonard, A1C, (1963-1967) Jul, 1963
Bennett, Myron, A1C, (1963-1967) 3708 949 Jul, 1963
Beverson, James, A1C, (1963-1967) Jul, 1963
Boushelle, Bill, A1C, (1963-1967) 3724 900 Jul, 1963
Bridges, John, A1C, (1963-1967) 3723 651 Jul, 1963
Burford, Jerome, SSgt, (1963-1968) 3708 721 Jul, 1963
Canaway, David, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3347 Jul, 1963
Chappell, James, Maj, (1968-1983) 81 Jul, 1963
Clark, Wheeler, A1C, (1963-1967) 3706 889 Jul, 1963
Cole, Royal, SSgt, (1963-1975) Jul, 1963
Colegrove, Robert, A1C, (1963-1967) 3708 Jul, 1963
Craib, Ray, SMSgt, (1963-1991) Jul, 1963
Craw, Richard, A1C, (1963-1967) Jul, 1963
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