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USAF Pilot Training Class 52-F
Ira T. Holt
Hondo Webb Luke
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Highest Military Grade held: Lt. Col., O5 Home Town: Hamilton, Montana Education Civilian: Aeronautical Engineer (Northrop Aero Institute 1957) 3 years as Physics major at San Diego State and UCLA 1948-1951 Military: Pilot Training class 52F Hondo, TX Units assigned Dates – Unit - Aircraft (if applicable) : May-July 1951 Basic Training- Lackland AFB, TX Aug-Sept 1951 Line Flunky – Waco AFB, TX Sept 1951-Mar 1952 Hondo AFB, TX - T-6 Mar 1952-Sept 1952 Webb AFB, TX - T-28 & T-33 Sept – Dec 1952 Luke AFB, AZ - F-84G Gunnery Jan-Aug 1953 Taegu (K2), Korea – F-84G 100 missions Sept 1953-Sept 1955 4925 Test Group (Atomic), Kirtland AFB, NM F-84C,D,E,F,G F-86E,F,H T-33 F-100A Also logged a little time in B-25, B-45, B-57 Mar 1956-May 1957 California ANG, Van Nuys, CA F-86A May 1957-July 1958 New Mexico ANG, Kirtland AFB, NM F-80C Aug 1958 - Aug 1964 NMANG - F-100A/F Aug 1964 - Mar 1974 NMANG – F-100C,D,F Including June 1968 - June 1969 at Tuy Hoa AB, RVN Mar 1974 - Oct 1980 NMANG – A-7D Comments: Some interesting things along the way: Nov 8, 1952 - Involved in mid-air collision - bailed out after losing a wing. I may have been the only 52F Class member to get 100 missions in Korea June 1953 - I flew 5 missions on 15th, 4 on 16th, and 1 early on 17th - then weather. Sometime in 1955 - Dead sticked an F-84F after losing all oil! Sometime in 1955 - Took off in an F-84F with a Mk7 shape, a 450 gal tank, Two 230 gal tanks, and JATO - computed takeoff roll was over 10,000 ft. Sometime in 1959 - landed F-100A gear up - short between throttle and stick. Sometime in 1960’s - landed F-100C with nose wheel up and locked. In my civilian life, I was a parachute design engineer, worked on nuclear weapons chutes and on the recovery system of the Space Shuttle Boosters. Being a fighter pilot is one of the best things I ever did in my life. |
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