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SSgt. Branden " Youngblood" Cate
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Name | SSgt. Branden Cate | |
Country | ||
Unit | 55th Fighter Squadron "Fightin' Fifty Fifth" | |
Crewing F-16s | from 2000 until 2010 | |
Contact f166fixr | Send me a private message | |
Website | ||
Kunsan AB, Korea (2000-2001) 35th FS - 89-0166, 88-0515 Misawa AB, Japan (2001-2003) 14th FS - 91-0346 Shaw AFB, SC (2003-2010) 55th AMU - 96-0084 Sheppard AFB, TX (2010-present) 362d TRS Current or Favourite assignmentIt was my longest and hardest assignment. Between ops tempo, supervision, exercises, and deployments, there was never a dull moment.DeploymentsONW Incirlik AB, Turkey (2003)OSW Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia (2004) ONW Incirlik AB, Turkey (2004) OIF Balad AB, Iraq (2008-2009) |
My Jets & Assignments
89166 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2000 - 2001 | |||||
Current: | 89166 | USAF 35 FS | F-16D Block 40 | [ act] | ||
My first jet - a family wagon, of course... | ||||||
88515 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 8th Fighter Wing "Wolf Pack" | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2000 - 2001 | |||||
Current: | 88515 | USAF 35 FS | F-16C Block 40 | [ act] | ||
Second jet - code 1 monster. | ||||||
91346 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2001 - 2003 | |||||
Current: | 91346 | USAF 14 FS | F-16C Block 50 | [ act] | ||
Pretty decent jet - she had her moods though. | ||||||
96084 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | |||||
Unit | 55th Fighter Squadron "Fightin' Fifty Fifth" | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2003 - 2010 | |||||
Current: | 96084 | USAF 55 FS | F-16C Block 50 | [ act] | ||
What a monster! I was only the 3rd DCC on her and she was awesome. TDY, deployment, and exercise money maker...what a jet! |
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