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Viper Driver Flying Hours
Col. Michael "Tank" Cantwell (Ret.)
Viper Driver
Name | Col. Michael "Tank" Cantwell (Ret.) | |
Country | ||
Unit | 78th Fighter Squadron "Bushmasters" | |
Flying F-16s | from 1983 until 1995 | |
Viper Hours | 1890 | |
F4 C/D/E/G 23rd TFS Spangdahlem F16 A/B Block 10,15 MacDill, 429 TFS Nellis F16 C/D Block 42 36th FS Osan F16 C/D Block 50 17th, 19th, 78th Shaw |
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DeploymentsDharhan First Block 50s to perform SEAD in OSW |
F-16 Flying Hours
1,000 Hours | # 2026 on the 1K list | ||
Unit | 17th Fighter Squadron "Hooters" | [Unit History] | |
Date | 28 February 1993 | ||
Comment | Commanded 78 FS as the first fully equipped F16 Block 50. 79th had Block 50s first but they were mostly 'A' models not Block 50 C/D. 78FS had only 50 C/Ds |
Flying Hours on other aircraft
F-4 Phantom II | |||||
Hours | 1075 | ||||
F-15E Strike Eagle | |||||
Hours | 515 | ||||
Other aircraft/assignments | I got combat time in both the F16 and the F15E |
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