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Post by Gene on May 4, 2010 16:30:36 GMT 9
when i was in the photo lab back in the '70's i had the honor to be assigned to the mcchord cct, to document their training and several of their missions... now, they have gone thru a complete overhaul and evovoled into the STS.(special tactics squadron) i am very proud to be a lifetime member of the Combat Control Assn. please view this: www.62aw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123202477 :us_flag |
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Post by jimpadgett on May 4, 2010 22:47:29 GMT 9
Proud of our guys who do it in the dirt. About time for some recognition.
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Post by Gene on May 5, 2010 14:41:31 GMT 9
if you go to the main page for the ultimate interceptor, go the F 106 history...scroll down to the section marked ejection system, you will find that a combat controller named james a. howell jr made the first live test ejection with the convair designed seat in june of '61... he retired as the ncoic of the mcchord team in '76 as a cmsgt...
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Post by Jim on May 6, 2010 0:38:35 GMT 9
if you go to the main page for the ultimate interceptor, go the F 106 history...scroll down to the section marked ejection system, you will find that a combat controller named james a. howell jr made the first live test ejection with the convair designed seat in june of '61... he retired as the ncoic of the mcchord team in '76 as a cmsgt...   Ejection System [see Ejection Seat page] The ejection seat fitted to early F-106s was a Weber-built variation of the seat used by the F-102. It was an open, catapult-only seat, which used an explosive charge to throw it out of the aircraft. It was thought that this seat would be inadequate for ejections at supersonic speeds, and it was replaced by a Convair-designed "B" seat. It's not clear what the B designation stood for, but pilots believed that it was so named because it resembled a bobsled. It was designed with supersonic ejection specifically in mind, and was demonstrated in 15 sled tests and 11 flight tests. The first live test ejection with the Convair-designed seat took place when Technical Sergeant James Howell Note 1 ejected safely from an F-106B piloted by Major James Hendrix on 6 June 1961. Note 1 Technical Sergeant James Howell was a USAF Combat Controller on a Special Duty Assignment as a Test Parachutist located at El Centro, California. He also was part of a joint Army, Air Force High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) world record. Source: William Howell, son of Technical Sergeant James Howell, as e-mailed to the webmaster 27 June 2009 :salute :salute The Old Sarge |
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Post by Gene on May 6, 2010 2:30:39 GMT 9
thats the guy... he still alive and kicking...he is the one that talked the WG/CC into getting me assigned to the mcchord team... his record jump was at 43000 agl w/o a pressure suit.. it was still standing in the '70's , thanks for digging that note out  |
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Post by lindel on May 6, 2010 7:01:26 GMT 9
This might be a dumb question, but...are Combat Controllers the same as Forward Controllers? The reason I ask is because I was in a Combat Communications Squadron when I was in the Tx Air Guard and worked Wideband Radio. We provided comm for the forward controllers.
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Post by Gene on May 6, 2010 7:06:50 GMT 9
totally different... in the begining they were fuuly quailifed air traffic controllers that were jump quaified to get to remote areas to set up landing and drop zones. that was back in '53 when a group of army pathfinders were tranistioned to the airforce.. www.usafcct.com/main.htm |
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Post by lindel on May 7, 2010 6:02:32 GMT 9
thanks for the clarification Gene!
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Post by jimpadgett on May 7, 2010 11:40:55 GMT 9
While more or less on the subject: Someone (Edwards AFB?) had a B model with a split canopy for ejection tests. Anyone know the tail number and or if it was returned to a FIS inventory?
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Post by Gene on May 7, 2010 14:47:31 GMT 9
thanks for the clarification Gene! my pleasure...thats one of my fovorite subjects... :teacher :us_flag |
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Post by Erv Smalley (deceased) on May 8, 2010 0:22:48 GMT 9
While more or less on the subject: Someone (Edwards AFB?) had a B model with a split canopy for ejection tests. Anyone know the tail number and or if it was returned to a FIS inventory? Aircraft was 57-2507. See www.convairf-106deltadart.com/572507Page.html 57-2507 was never an ADC bird. Cheers.......Erv Smalley |
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Post by Gene on May 8, 2010 8:50:25 GMT 9
now thats a juicy tidbit of info....thanks...
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Post by jimpadgett on May 8, 2010 10:12:03 GMT 9
Thanks Erv. I thought it might be a myth. Good to see you back. How've you been. Jim
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