Previously Held NEC 8345-F-14 Organizational Systems Technician
AE-7182-P-3A/B Integrated Electrical System OMA Specialist
Service Years
1965 - 1986
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What are you doing now:
Since I retired in 1986, I have been working as Pilot Training Instructor for Flying Tigers/FEDEX on the DC-8, B-727 and B-747. Went to Phoenix Az. to work at America West Airlines teaching the Airbus A-320 then move Charlotte NC to US Airways, to set up the training program for the new Airbus A-330 wide body twin. I was furloughed in 2003 and moved back to Phoenix and am now back with US Airways on the B-757/767 program. American Airlines merged with US Airways I retired from American Airlines after 3 years of teaching the B757/B767 aircraft.
Description The Mayaguez incident, which took place between the Khmer Rouge and the United States from May 12–15, 1975, was the last official battle of the Vietnam War. The names of the Americans killed, as well as those of three U.S. Marines who were left behind on the island of Koh Tang after the battle and who were subsequently executed by the Khmer Rouge, are the last names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The merchant ship's crew, whose seizure at sea had prompted the U.S. attack, had been released in good health, unknown to the U.S. Marines or the U.S. command of the operation, before the Marines attacked. It was the only known engagement between U.S. ground forces and the Khmer Rouge.
