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MSgt. Mike Passeri (Ret.)
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Name | MSgt. Mike Passeri (Ret.) | |
Country | ||
Unit | 177th Fighter Wing | |
Crewing F-16s | ||
Contact 260chief | Send me a private message | |
Website | 177th Fighter Wing NJ ANG | |
Started as an A/CC on a block 5 (78-0055) then to a block 15 (80-0551) then to my own jet (80-0609) in 1982, moved to T/A in 84, Eglin AFB. Moved on to the 108th TFW, F-4D and F-4E (NJ-ANG) then to 177th FIG / FW (NJ-ANG) in 86, 2 years of F-106, then back to F-16's. Spent 14 years on alert, moved to the flightline when our alert commitment was terminated in 99. When back to alert after 9/11 when our alert was restored. Retired in 2013 after an injury, now a title 5 CSS for 177th MXS.
DeploymentsCoronet Night Hawk, Amalgam Chief, OSW, OIF, OEF. |
My Jets & Assignments
80551 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 46th Test Wing | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1981 - 1984 | |||||
Current: | AAFG0189 | USAF AMARC | F-16A Block 15 | [ sto] | ||
Was 3246 Test Wing, Air Force Systems Command at the time. | ||||||
80609 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 46th Test Wing | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1981 - 1984 | |||||
Current: | 80609 | F-16A Block 15 | [ i/a] | |||
Was 3246 Test Wing, Air Force Systems Command at the time. | ||||||
F-4 Phantom II | ||||||
Unit | 108 TFW | |||||
Period | 1984 - 1986 | |||||
Unit | 177th Fighter Wing | [History] | ||||
Period | 1986 - 1999 | |||||
84260 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 177th Fighter Wing | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1999 - 2007 | |||||
Current: | QF-002 | USAF 82 ATRS | QF-16C Block 25 | [ des] | ||
First QF to get shot down. | ||||||
85470 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 177th Fighter Wing | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | - | |||||
Current: | QF-076 | USAF 82 ATRS | QF-16C Block 30 | [ act] | ||
Assigned to it, but never crewed it. Got hurt and had to retire. |
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