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  Col. Michael "Tank" Cantwell (Ret.)

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Name Col. Michael "Tank" Cantwell (Ret.)
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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

Deployments

Dharhan 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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