Service Photo |
Service Details |
|
|
Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
|
Current/Last Rank
Sergeant
|
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
46250-Weapons Mechanic
|
Current/Last AFSC Group
Weapons and Munitions
|
Primary Unit
1968-1969, 46250, 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron
|
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
46230-Weapons Mechanic
99004-Sea Weapons Mechanic/TAC Units
|
Service Years
1966 - 1969
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
What are you doing now:
Took early retirement. Working part time as supervisor at a hardware & Lumber yard.
|
|
Other Comments:
After getting out I worked for a Sulfur company for two years. Then I went to work for US Steel for fifteen years running heavy equipment They shut the plant down in 86. Then I drove trucks for a few years then went to work for a pipe mill. Then they shut it down went back to driving trucks again. After about ten years I went to work for my friend in the hardware & lumber business for five years then took early retirement. Now just work part time. Threw all of this I been married to a wonderful woman named Brenda. We have one son that is a paramedic on a chopper. the company is called Air Rescue. An have one grandson. Mine and my wife's favorite past time is going to bull riding's and rodeos.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966-1966, 3415th Technical School (Cadre), Technical Training Center Lowry AFB
|
|
1966-1968, 46250, 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron
|
|
1966-1968, 46230, HQ Squadron, 5th Air Force
|
|
1967-1968, 99004, 347th Fighter Wing
|
|
1967-1969, 46250, Tactical Air Command (TAC)
|
|
1968-1969, 46250, 366th Wing - Gunfighters
|
|
1968-1969, 46250, 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron
|
|
1968-1969, 7th Air Force
|
|
1969-1969, 46250, 7th Air Force
|
|
1969-1969, 37th Tactical Fighter Wing
|
|
1969-1969, 46250, 421st Munitions Maintenance Squadron
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Castillo, Hector(Etor), Sgt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reflections on Sgt Peterson's
US Air Force Service
|
|
|
PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE.
My brother an a friend were going down to take the test for the air force so I decided to go with them. Which I got field I liked. This gave me the chance to be around aircraft. I've always like AC.
|
WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE SERVICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS OR AS A CAREER, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DIRECTION OR PATH YOU TOOK. WHERE DID YOU GO TO BASIC TRAINING AND WHAT UNITS, BASES, OR SQUADRONS WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO? WHAT WAS YOUR REASON FOR LEAVING?
I didn't ready have a career path except to serve my country to the best of my ability. I knew the Vietnam war was going on.
|
IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN ANY MILITARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT, HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THOSE WHICH MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON YOU AND, IF LIFE-CHANGING, IN WHAT WAY?
I served in Da Nang & Phu Cat. The one operation I remember is they told us that there was a special forces camp that was being attack but they didn't want to drop any bombs because it would damage the runway they had. So all we loaded was napalm. We took the wing tanks off so we could put on as many as we could. The F-4's had to refuel as soon as he was airborne because of having no wing tanks. The way I look at It all mission were significant to me.
|
FROM YOUR ENTIRE MILITARY SERVICE, DESCRIBE ANY MEMORIES YOU STILL REFLECT BACK ON TO THIS DAY.
For as memory the three years and six months was all a memory for me. No regrets.
|
OF ALL THE MEDALS, AWARDS, FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AND QUALIFICATION BADGES YOU RECEIVED, OR OTHER MEMORABILIA, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL TO YOU AND WHY?
Air Force Commendation Medal. It means I was doing my job right. Because you want to be the best at your gob. They showed me that they appreciated the hard work especially in a war zone.
|
WHICH INDIVIDUAL(S) FROM YOUR TIME IN THE MILITARY STAND OUT AS HAVING THE MOST POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOU AND WHY?
My first load crew chief in Japan TSgt. John Kent. He pushed us to be the best load crew. He went on to be the crew chief of the wing certification crew. The next crew I was in received a lot of load crew of the month awards.
|
CAN YOU RECOUNT A PARTICULAR INCIDENT FROM YOUR SERVICE, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FUNNY AT THE TIME, BUT STILL MAKES YOU LAUGH?
We had heard how deadly the snakes were in Vietnam. Well me and My buddy were walking to the club one day and all of sudden he yelled snake. We started jumping up an down in the middle of the road. By the time we got through jumping we had noticed that the snake was dead.
|
WHAT PROFESSION DID YOU FOLLOW AFTER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY?
When I got out I work for a sulfur company two years then I went to work for U. S. Steel for fifteen years. they shut the plant down. Then I drove trucks for a while then work for a pipe mill until they shut it down. went back driving trucks. After that went to work for a friend of mine in a hardware & lumber yard. Did that for five years then I took early retirement. Working part time now at same place.
|
WHAT MILITARY ASSOCIATIONS ARE YOU A MEMBER OF, IF ANY? WHAT SPECIFIC BENEFITS DO YOU DERIVE FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIPS?
At this time I belong to no associations.
|
IN WHAT WAYS HAS SERVING IN THE MILITARY INFLUENCED THE WAY YOU HAVE APPROACHED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR CAREER? WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT YOUR TIME IN THE SERVICE?
Military service show you how to work as a team. As a team you can accomplished so much. So in life you can work as a team to accomplish golds.
|
BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE AIR FORCE?
Make the best of the time while you are in the military. There is no other experience like it.
|
IN WHAT WAYS HAS TOGETHERWESERVED.COM HELPED YOU REMEMBER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND THE FRIENDS YOU SERVED WITH.
Just being able to talk an read other Airman's experiences. Makes my day.
*
|
|