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Asif
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Latest member of the 4000hr club is <a href="pilots-profile484.html">Brig. Gen. Kurt F. Neubauer</a> who accrued 4,000 hours in the F-16 on August 1, 2011. Refer to 332nd AEW commander reaches 4,000th flight hour.


Brig. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, 332nd AEW commander, taxis after surpassing the 4,000th flying hour mark in the F-16 on August 1st, 2011.


Brig. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, 332nd AEW commander, stands with his wingman Lt. Col. Bob 'Sparky' Whitehouse, 332nd EOG deputy commander, after surpassing the 4,000th flying hour mark in the F-16. Whitehouse recently celebrated reaching his 3,000th flying hour in the same aircraft last month.

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Seems he was flying 90-0829 from the 52FW 480FS Wink

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@snake, how many hours do you have on the Viper, and since how long have you been flying it, and which block?
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Latest member of the 4000hr club is <a href="pilots-profile2776.html">Lt. Col. Brian Egger</a> who accrued 4,000 hours in the F-16 on December 14, 2011. Refer to 480 FS F-16 pilot reaches 4,000 flight hours.


Lt. Col. Brian Egger, center, 480th FS pilot, is greeted by Col. David Lyons, 52nd OG commander, after landing on December 14th, 2011. Egger reached his 4,000th F-16 flying hour on this flight and is the 34th F-16 pilot in USAF history to reach this milestone.

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Is that the 2nd 480th FS pilot to pass 4000 hours this year? Or has there been any others earlier in the year?
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Congratulations Tonka, those of us who'll stop short of that milestone all hate [Link pending approval] in a professionally good way.
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Do you think that its normal for an f-16 pilot to accumulate 1000hrs in...say like 4-5years, averaging 200hrs/year? peace time and deployment both inclusive?...and @Asif, no Pakistan Air Force Pilot has reached 3000hrs,...am i right? although there are many with 1500+hrs, and some even 2000hrs or a bit more, considering that we have certain limitations in operational flying.
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There is a NATO standard dictating that Nato pilots should accumulate 175-200 hrs per calendar year - don't have the exact figure. But if you do the math on some of these high-flyers, you will see that quite a few average 350+ hrs per calendar year during their career.

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350hours per year, that equates to about what...like almost 1sortie daily?..or it still remains an average at best
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Depends on mission duration. Many with combat hours can easily rack up 5-8 hrs per mission. Doesn't take long then....

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Latest member of the 4000hr club is <a href="pilots-profile2284.html">Lt. Col. Scott Bridgers</a> who accrued 4,000 hours in the F-16 on June 1, 2012 while serving with the 157th EFS at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan during OEF.


Lt. Col. Scott Bridgers, a pilot assigned to the 157th EFS at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, returns to the flight line after flying a mission and reaching his 4,000th F-16 flying hour on June 1st, 2012. Lt. Col. Bridgers deployed from the 157th FS at McEntire JNGB.


Capt. Justin Puro and Lt.Col. Scott Bridgers, pilots assigned to the 157th EFS at Kandahar Airfield, shake hands after landing F-16s from a mission on June 1st, 2012. Lt. Col. Bridgers reached his 4,000th flying hour during the mission.

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Latest member of the 4000hr club is <a href="pilots-profile1536.html">Col. David Meyer </a> who accrued 4,000 hours in the F-16 on July 7, 2012 while serving with the 157th EFS at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan during OEF.


Col. David 'Oscar' Meyer, deputy operations group commander for the 451st EOG at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan exits his F-16 on the ramp at Kandahar after completing his 4,000th hour in the F-16 on July 7th, 2012.


Col. David 'Oscar' Meyer, deputy operations group commander for the 451st EOG at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan exits his F-16 on the ramp at Kandahar after completing his 4,000th hour in the F-16 on July 7th, 2012.

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Latest member of the 4000hr club is <a href="pilots-profile2337.html"> Col. Kurt "Huevos" Gallegos </a> who accrued 4,000 hours in the F-16 on August 8, 2012. Read Reserve pilot exceeds 4000hr flying milestone


Col. Kurt J. Gallegos, 301st OG Commander, taxies to the runway to begin the flight where he will achieve the milestone goal of flying more than 4000 hours in an F-16 on August 8th, 2012.


USAF F-16C block 30 #85-1484 from the 457th FS is being piloted by Col. Kurt J. Gallegos, 301st OG commander, to begin the flight where he will achieve the milestone goal of flying more than 4000 hours in an F-16 on August 8th, 2012.

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