F-16 from Hill AFB to get new homes as training aircraft

EOR · by **EOR** » 26 Aug 2017, 02:01

2nd one painted now, 89-2119 marked as the 24TASS boss bird
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eor1/3640 ... ateposted/

Boman · by **Boman** » 12 Oct 2017, 22:26

I somehow missed the last post from Agust, but saw in Combat Aircraft the same pic, and must hence admit I was wrong!

Jon · by **Jon** » 10 Apr 2018, 23:55

Still not hearing or seeing much regarding this squadron after over 1.5 years of operations.

marc505 · by **marc505** » 11 Aug 2020, 22:34

Jon wrote:Still not hearing or seeing much regarding this squadron after over 1.5 years of operations.

Sorry to resurrect such an ancient thread (resurrecting my ancient profile in the process, too!) but this squadron really intrigues me and I cant seem to find out much about it aside from the original press release and Aviationist article containing a promo video the squadron made.

Can anyone share, without encroaching into anything sensitive, what 24th TASS is all about? I'm aware they're focused solely on CAS, but is the aim to train other Viper pilots from other squadrons on CAS techniques, or do they have pilots passing through the squadron itself to train as part of a program, or perhaps are they a fixed set of CAS experts offering their trade out to train FAC units on the ground on exercises?

Seems like quite an unusual and mysterious squadron to me but an interesting one too.

viperimages · by **viperimages** » 12 Aug 2020, 00:07

I myself don't know to much about the squadron but I have been told that they are shutting down and moving the jets to the 422 TES at Nellis. Not sure on a time frame when that will happen. info was from a source that is in the unit so go easy on the grilling

. sorry i'm not much help

marc505 · by **marc505** » 12 Aug 2020, 13:20

viperimages wrote:I myself don't know to much about the squadron but I have been told that they are shutting down and moving the jets to the 422 TES at Nellis. Not sure on a time frame when that will happen. info was from a source that is in the unit so go easy on the grilling . sorry i'm not much help

Shutting down already? That makes things even more mysterious!

Boman · by **Boman** » 13 Aug 2020, 17:05

WIth most missions being multi-role it's no wonder they shut down a unit dedicated to only one task, so to me this makes sense. Transfering the aircraft to 422TES however is less logical as you then will have one unit flying jets with 2 alternative engines?

marc505 · by **marc505** » 15 Aug 2020, 07:58

Boman wrote:WIth most missions being multi-role it's no wonder they shut down a unit dedicated to only one task, so to me this makes sense. Transfering the aircraft to 422TES however is less logical as you then will have one unit flying jets with 2 alternative engines?

I thought their concentration on just one mission was the unique selling point going off the promo material, very strange to wind something up then can it a couple of years later. Could this be one of the shortest lived Viper squadrons ever?