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Air Force
OCS Class 61-C
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Here's the latest
on
Moe
Birnbaum
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OC
Capt Moe Birnbaum
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Wendy
& Moe at 2007 reunion
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| "I went from 8th grade to two years of law school while on active duty," Moe writes. His AF career started in 1954 age 17, when he left Brooklyn for Sampson AFB, NY. SSgt Birnbaum left a career as aerial camera repairer, then KC-97 boom operator, for OCS in Sept 1960. OC Capt Birnbaum, 1st Group Admin Officer, graduated second in Class 61-C (No. 1, RegAF) and was assigned to Harlingen AFB, TX for navigator training; then to Mather AFB, CA for Nav/Bombardier Tng. 1963 to '65, Moe was a C-124 navigator at Travis AFB, CA. Capt Birnbaum served at Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN as an Air Rescue Controller in 1965. This, followed by an assignment to Japan as OIC of Route Briefing Sections, Yokota & Tachikawa. From 1969-74, Moe was assigned to McChord AFB, WA, retiring as 62nd Wing Combat Tactics Navigator and Major in Aug 1974. Moe finished law school 2 years later and has been practicing law in Tacoma since (with a son -- for the last seven years). Wendy, his wife of 15 years and Moe live in Puyallup,WA. |