requesting help reading Korean War-era Air Force discharge papers

self | 11/5/13 | NewJerseyJoe

[NewJerseyJoe]

Hello FRiends. I am going through my late father's papers from when he was in the Air Force (total of 17 years, active and reserve). I'd like to be able to decipher some of the acronyms and military terms used in duty assignments, etc. Does anyone know of a source online that would help me to decipher these things? Thank you.

Examples:
2267th PerPron (CONAC)
AFQT-1 I 98Mech 7 Cler 9 Tech 9

[xrmusn]

2267th PerPron (CONAC)
AFQT-1 I 98Mech 7 Cler 9 Tech 9
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Not all that familiar with AF terminology etc

Not sure on CONAC but maybe you should ‘Google’ AIR FORCE terms or jargon or such. I want to think it is Continental Air Command or something along that line.

AFQT is the battery of tests one takes upon entering to determine what field one may go into.
Which, for some reason, will take someone who has been a Mechanic for 10 years and the tests say he would be an excellent AF Cook etc...

[Rider on the Rain]

2267th Personnel Processing Squadron (Continental Air Command) Air Force Quotient Test level 1 (the highest) mechanical clerical technical

These are just my qualified guesses, no guarantee they are 100 pct correct.

[NewJerseyJoe]

Thank you, friends.

Those were two examples that jumped off the pages at me -- there are mny more! I suspect I will be working on this project for several months...

Thanks again, I do appreciate it greatly!

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks.

[DugwayDuke]

Do you have a Air Force Reserve or National Guard unit locally close to you? I would give them a call.

[xrmusn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Air_Force_acronyms_and_expressions

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That should get you started, I scanned through it and probably a lot of them are modern but there are plenty of Ref points at the bottom of the page....

[miele man]

Although I’m more familiar with Army acronyms, some of this looks familiar.

The AFQT is the Armed Forces Qualification Test and is part of the military’s vocational aptitude tests. These battery of tests are designed to show what skills and/or aptitudes a person has that relate to the needs of the military. If I recall correctly, applicants have to score a minimum overall number in order to qualify for enlistment and the overall score varies somewhat among the various services.

I think your Dad was tested by the 2267th Personnel unit. CONAC probably refers to Continential United States Air Command or some such.

Looks like your Dad had high scores in clerical and technical skills and reasonably high mechanical aptitudes.
I surmise his scores put him in the highest or first category intelligence wise and that he scored a 98 overall.
I could be wrong but, as I said, I’m more familiar with Army terms that date back to the late 60s.

Hope this helps somewhat. What did your Dad do in the AF?

2267th PerPron (CONAC)
AFQT-1 I 98Mech 7 Cler 9 Tech 9

[Jet Jaguar]

The term you posted were dated. But, I think we can figure them out. Current AF here. Post some more and we can see what comes of it.

JJ

[jagusafr]

I’m current Air Force Reserve - between me and Jet Jag, we can probably get most of it.

[Moose47]

G’day

I believe the 2267th PerPron was an administrative unit based at Manhattan Air Force Station in the 1950’s that was responsible for processing personnel heading overseas to Europe and returning back to the U.S. It also processed those separating from the Air Force.

Cheers...Chris

[miele man]

Thank you Moose47. NJJoe, this puts a little flesh on the bones of my earlier reply.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

I’m really curious, your Dad served 17 years in the Air Force (combined active and reserve). Why did he stop at 17? Have you ever asked? If he would have done three more years, he would have qualified for a military pension at age 60, plus been eligible for tricare for life.

[xrmusn]

That is today speak.

In the era he is mentioning, the pension started upon your retirement of 20 years. In effect you could have went in on your 17th birthday, retired with 20 and started drawing your pension at 37.
Also, the reenlistment bonus capped at $2000.00 for the ENTIRE enlistment. You would get a portion upon reenlisting but if you somehow had drawn the 2000 by your 12th year, the next reup would have brought you no ‘reenlistment bonus’.

That was that way into the mid-late 60’s....Plus when you got out - after 20, you were guaranteed medical for the rest of your life.

Tricare, Champus etc are fairly new and ‘THEY’ claimed we were never told that.. Guess the original version of trying to explain what is is.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"In the era he is mentioning, the pension started upon your retirement of 20 years."

It does also today if you do 20 years active duty time. However, in the post he mentions that his Dad had 17 years of active duty and reserve time. That means he would collect his pension starting at age 60. It's been like that for many years. At least post WWII if not earlier. Tricare for Life/Champus was started sometime in the 50's so it has been around a while also.

[xrmusn]

Sorry, the ‘R’ part didn’t register with me.
I also don’t remember the retirees really griping about CHAMPUS and TRICARE till the mid 80’s.

Also thought they had changed the retirement to 60’s but maybe that was the change when they allowed them to retire after 15?? I do remember for awhile that when ‘they’ hit 18 or so years, they were starting to walk on eggs as getting ‘pushed out’ became popular.

Thanks...