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My profile
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Name
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MSgt. Dale Larson (Ret.)
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496th Tactical Fighter Squadron "The World's Finest"
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| Crewing F-16s |
from 1981
until 2006
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| Contact
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Send me a private message
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I was Station at
4787 ABGP/MATS Duluth MN on T-33A (57-0698) 1 Yr
50th TFW/313th AMU Hahn AB West Germany F-16A (80-0543,80-0561) 2 yrs
509 BW/OMS Pease AFB NH FB-111A (68-0168) 1 Yr
56 TFTW/62AMU McDill AFB FL F-16B (78-0115, 79-0495) 2+ yrs
50 TFW/496th AMU Hahn AB Germany F-16D (84-1325) 4 Yrs + 1 was a member of the block 40 test team where I crewed and was the first Crew Chief of 87-1351.
388 TFW/34AMU/FS Hill AFB UT F-16D (88-0168) 2+ yrs
51FW/51 MS/TA/Crash Recovery 1 Yr
56 FW/62FS/21FS (F-16D 84-1396/F-16B 93-0825) 5+ yrs
51 FW/51 OSS/FOD NCO
27 FW/428FS/AMU Singaporean Block 50 as APG laison 3+years
8FW/80th AMU 1 Yr
56FW/63 AMU 1.3 yrs
1 Yr T33As
1 Yr FB-111As
24 Yrs F-16s block 10,15,20,25,30,40 and 50s
Current or Favourite assignment
The 50 TFW/496th AMU was a great assigment because of the people, and the area. I lived off base with my own car and drove to many wonderful places in Germany. I enjoyed all the WTDs to ZZA, "The Lik" and Corsica. West Germany/Germany was a great place to be at during that time in world history; the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunited Germanies are events I will never forget.
Deployments
9 times to Spain (ZZA and Maron), 3 time to Turkey (Incirlik), Saudi, Corsica, Guam, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and many state side bases.
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My Jets & Assignments
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80543 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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313th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Lucky Puppies"
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[Unit History]
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1981 - 1982
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| Current: |
AAFG0258 |
 AMARC |
F-16A Block 15 ADF |
20 Oct 1994 |
[sto] |
| The first F-16 I ever crewed as an assistant Crew Chief. |
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80563 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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313th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Lucky Puppies"
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[Unit History]
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1982 - 1983
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| Current: |
80563 |
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F-16A Block 15 ADF |
Unknown |
[i/a] |
| My first F-16 as the DCC. |
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78115 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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62nd Fighter Squadron "Spikes"
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[Unit History]
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1985 - 1986
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| Current: |
9XX |
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F-16B Block 5 |
23 Sep 1994 |
[act] |
| I also crewed 80-0495 from 1986-1987 both of these jets were at McDill AFB FL at the time. |
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84325 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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496th Tactical Fighter Squadron "The World's Finest"
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[Unit History]
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1987 - 1991
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| Current: |
84325 |
195 FS |
F-16D Block 25 |
Dec 2006 |
[act] |
| This was my favorite F-16 I ever crewed. I was also part of the F-16 world wide block 40 test team during this time period. I crewed 87-1351 on the team as the very first Air Force Crew Chief on this jet. Great TDY. |
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88168 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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34th Fighter Squadron "Rams"
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[Unit History]
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1991 - 1993
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| Current: |
88168 |
34 TFS |
F-16D Block 40 |
30 Jul 1991 |
[w/o] |
| This is the only jet I crewed that crashed while I crewed her. |
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84396 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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62nd Fighter Squadron "Spikes"
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[Unit History]
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1994 - 1997
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84396 |
62 FS |
F-16D Block 25 |
Jul 1994 |
[act] |
| This jet was at Luke AFB AZ when the 62 FS move to Luke from McDill |
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93825 |
[Detailed history of this F-16] |
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21st Fighter Squadron "The Gamblers"
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[Unit History]
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1997 - 1999
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| Current: |
93825 |
 21 FS |
F-16B Block 20 |
10 Dec 1996 |
[act] |
| Tawain FMS squadron, F-16s with drag chutes. |
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428th Fighter Squadron "Buccaneers"
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[History]
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2000 - 2003
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| I was the APG liasion to the Singaporean AF |
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80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats"
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[History]
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2003 - 2004
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63rd Fighter Squadron "Panthers"
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[History]
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2004 - 2006
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| Other aircraft/assignments |
Crewed (TA), F-16, F-15, F-14, A-6, A-7, AV8B, F-18, C-12, C-21, C-22, C-5, C-130, 747, KC-135, C-141, A-10, B-57s, T-37 and many heliocopters. I also crewed FB-111As in NH and T-33As in Duluth MN.
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Visitor Comments
496th TFS, World's Finest
Justin Ball,
Jun 23, 2008 - 12:22 PM
Dear Dale Larson, Hi, I was at Hahn 1968/73, and worked on F-102A and F-4E's. I lived in Traben-Trarbach and married a beautiful girl. But, it is a great place to live, which I did, until 1987. Working for an American company, Max Factor co. was terrific.
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