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Crew Chief Profiles

 TSgt. Carla Young (Ret.)

My profile

Name TSgt. Carla Young (Ret.)
Country
Unit 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Fighting Tenth"
Crewing F-16s from 1985 until 2001
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Website
I arrived at Hahn AB Germany(10th TFS) in October 1985 for my first assignment to learn the F16 Crew Chief maintenance. Quickly how fast those two went.
Hahn AF Germany was definitely the best kept secret in the AF even tho lots of people would disagree only because you were not stationed there only visiting.

I worked on the F-16 from 1985-2001 and then upon being assigned to Shaw AFB in Feb 01 after Moody AFB closed up the 16 world I was assigned to the Mainteance Operation Center (MOC). I moved to the mobility section of the 20AMXS in Jan 2004 and retired in May 2005.

Current or Favourite assignment

Great assignment and wonderful people to work for and with. Being able to travel and see parts of Germany thanks to ITT.

Deployments

Nellis AFB June 86
ZZA (fair weather deployment Feb 86, Feb 87 Feb 90)
Holloman AFB NM (Mar 88,89)
Nellis AFB (Green Flag,Red Flag, JEFX 2001)

My Jets & Assignments

80613 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Fighting Tenth" [Unit History]
Period 1985 - 1987
Current: AAFG0125  AMARC F-16A Block 15 ADF 31 Mar 1994 [sto]
Great assignment and people who never went there don't know what they missed.
82990 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 34th Fighter Squadron "Rams" [Unit History]
Period 1987 - 1989
Current: 82990  134 FS F-16A Block 15 ADF 27 Aug 1993 [w/o]
Although I was not happy at Hill I enjoyed working on my jet (990) and won Preen Falcon two months in a row and if not political we would have taken it a third time. When the block 40's arrived I got the first one out of the factory (87-350). I loved the tail flash but it was quickly repainted.
84301 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Lucky Puppies" [Unit History]
Period 1990 - 1991
Current: 84301  179 FS F-16C Block 25 Jan 2008 [act]
Arriving back at Hahn AB it seemed like I was returning home. With only a few changes I had no problems readjusting. I was the assistant crew chief on several aircraft (2087,1301) while assigned here. I deployed to UAE in Feb 91 to replace Jeff Leadbetter so he could return to the US. Arrived back at Hahn in May 01 and PCSed to Ramstein AB in June.
85473 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 512th Fighter Squadron "Dragons" [Unit History]
Period 1991 - 1993
Current: 85473  175 FS F-16C Block 30 Oct 2002 [act]
Worked with Joe Love on acft 1473 and later on 0248 when we converted to the big mouth aircraft. Also work in debrief with Darrel and Pam Dixon. had a lot of fun and really learned alot more about the operations of an F16 unit.
88550 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 70th Fighter Squadron "White Knights" [Unit History]
Period 1993 - 1995
Current: 88550  555 FS F-16C Block 40 01 May 1999 [w/o]
Strted out with the 70th FS working with a great bunch of guys and later moved to the 68th when the 70FS was disbanded. In 94 I moved to the 69th as a debriefer and later back to the flightline working on aircraft 89-2171. Greatest D model in the AF inventory.
86294 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" [Unit History]
Period 1995 - 1996
Current: 86294  124 FS F-16C Block 30 16 Jun 2008 [act]
Lucky me I got orders to Kunsan (UGHH). Really it wasn't as bad as they said but that year couldn't go fast enough. We worked long hours and usually didn't get any credit or recognition for our hard work. Thanks George!!!!
89077 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 18th Aggressor Squadron "Blue Foxes" [Unit History]
Period 1996 - 1999
Current: 89077  80 FS F-16C Block 40 Jan 2008 [act]
Good assignment after you got used to the weather.
90703 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 69th Fighter Squadron "Werewolves" [Unit History]
Period 1999 - 2001
Current: 90703  35 FS F-16C Block 40 Apr 2006 [act]
Unit 20FW/MOC
Period 2001 - 2004
Assigned to the Maintenance Operations Center under the 20th FW, the section changed hands several more times due to the restructing that took place in ACC during the 2001-2003. Later moved to the 20AMXS mobility section in 2004 and remained there until retirement in 2005.

Visitor Comments

Hahn Red Section 494th?
Valentine Boyce CC, Feb 05, 2008 - 08:37 AM

Remember Allen Tillit (hyd). I remember Ur son who was born there!

Holla

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