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480th FS commander surpasses 2,000 flying hours
Lt Col Mike Richard, 480th Fighter Squadron commander, surpassed 2,000 flying hours on October 18th, 2018, in the airspace around Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

Belgium buys 34 F-35s
Today the Belgian government decided to buy up to 34 F-35s for its air force to replace the current fleet of 54 operational F-16s.

'Shooters' deploy in support of Operation Inherent Resolve
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and supporting units, deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Nov 19, 2018
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 105 write-off: 603 preserved: 147 stored: 669 instructional: 104 on order: 0 active: 2949
	Changes '17/'18: Fleet adds: 7 Fleet drop: 35
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Today in F-16 history

Nov 2003
Norwegian Air Force becomes first international customer for the Pantera tergetting pod, the export version of the Sniper XR pod.
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Quote of the Day

In response to how he checked the weather, "I just whip out my blue card with a hole in it and read what it says: 'When color of card matches color of sky, FLY!'"

-- Gordon Baxter

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Shrapnell Viper

USAF #88495
F-16C Block 40

Probably an SA-8 exploded near the left external tank area. Fragments from the SAM hit the lower left side of the intake, including right through the intake. The left wing had a 2x3 inch hole and the main wing root had damage underneith. Stabilizers were peppered as well as the exhaust tail feathers. Part of the radome was also sheared off, but that damage was done during the crash landing at Rafha, Saudi Arabia when the nose gear would not extend. Major Ed 'Spot' Schumacher was a pilot who was visiting from the Fighter Weapons School and had deployed to Desert Storm with the 4th TFS. The aircraft returned to Hill AFB in a crate from Dahrain AB.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Pinky"

My ears resembled those of the rat from "Pinky and the brain".

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Sierra Hotel

Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:

	6,000 Hrs 2008-05-02	Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill \| 466 FS \| 421 FS
	5,000 Hrs 2014-01-04	Lt.Col. Robert "T. Rex" Carpenter , Jr \| 162 FW \| 148 FS \| 1 sqn
	4,000 Hrs 2018-08-14	Lt.Col. Maurice "Skunk" Schonk \| 323 sqn \| 323 sqn \| 323 sqn
	3,000 Hrs 2018-06-08	Lt.Col. Grant "Goo" Gooch 124 FS \| 124 FS \| 182 FS
	2,000 Hrs 2018-04-25	Maj. Hong "Thirsty Soul" Joo Han \| 157 FS
	1,000 Hrs 2018-06-27	Capt. Andreas "Darda" Dardamanelis 116 PM
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