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History for Col. Svend Hjort

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Col. Svend Hjort ("Jos") - Inactive

1508 Flying Hours in the F-16 (as of Feb 2004)
Current (or last) assignment: ?, RDAF

First European pilot to achieve 1,000 flighthours in the F-16 fighting falcon. On September 15th, 1977 - as the 19th pilot ever to fly the aircraft - Col. Svend Hjort was the first non american who flew the F-16.

Testpilot.

Last assignment was as Base commander at Air Station Vaerloese, Denmark.

Milestone	Ranking	FlightDate	Unit(Airforce)	More Info
1000	28	17 May 1984	(rdaf)

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