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 TSgt. Matthew "Gill" Gililland

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 Name TSgt. Matthew Gililland
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Unit 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron "Green Bats"
Crewing F-16s from 1998 until 2007
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I joined the USAF in Feb 98 and since then I have met a lot of great people and seen much of the world.

Deployments

I went to Incirlik AB from Misawa for ONW on the 13th of SEP 2001; it was just happened that way. We got to work Spangdahlem jets thought, while I was there and help start OEF. Then about a year and a half later went to PSAB with eight jets and flew just as much as the crappy squadron next to us with sixteen jets in the start of OIF.

My Jets & Assignments

 		83128 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 309th Fighter Squadron "Wild Ducks" [Unit History]
Period 1998 - 2000
Current: AAFG0641  USAF AMARC F-16C Block 25 [sto]
Had a great time at Luke AFB and meet some great people, hope to go back some day.
90837 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" [Unit History]
Period 2000 - 2001
Current: 90837  USAF 14 FS F-16D Block 50 [w/o]
This was a great jet best D model I've ever seen till the 13th got a hold it and it went down over the Misawa range
90844 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" [Unit History]
Period 2002 - 2003
Current: 90844  USAF 14 FS F-16D Block 50 [act]
This jet was the worst jet that I've ever had the joy to crew, I spent many of 12 hour sifts with both seats out looking for crap. I wish that it would have went down and not 90-837.
90812 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" [Unit History]
Period 2003 - 2004
Current: 90812  USAF 14 FS F-16C Block 50 [act]
This was my first flagship. It was a great jet code1 flyer. I resently saw some pics of it in Iraq hope it took out a few insurgents!!!!!
90774 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 36th Fighter Squadron "Flying Fiends" [Unit History]
Period 2004 - 2005
Current: 90774  USAF 36 FS F-16C Block 40 [act]
Oh KOREA, It was the best of time and the worst of times. Weekend softball was a blast. Work was hell but what are you going to do, just put your gas mask on and in 12 hours you might get to go home. Great jet though, till it caught fire under 3308, would have stayed to work it but got paroled about the same time.
88532 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" [Unit History]
Period 2005 - 2006
Current: 88532  USAF 555 FS F-16C Block 40 [act]
Good jet only worked it a short time though. Code one flyer though.
89001 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" [Unit History]
Period 2006 - 2007
Current: 89001  USAF 555 FS F-16C Block 40 [act]
By far this was my favorite jet to crew, the 31FW/CC flagship. It was a chore but I had a great time, and all the haters can get bent. I got some great TDY's and meet some great people in the process. The 510 gave it to us code three but I turned it around and made it a code one flyer.
Unit 31 MOS
Period 2007 -
Now I'm instructing at the MTF Flight I guess my days of crewing are over and I'll get to train the new airmen how to do it.

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