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MSgt.
David
Hess
(Ret.)
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Name | MSgt. David Hess (Ret.) |
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| Unit | 22nd Fighter Squadron "Stingers" | |
| Crewing F-16s | from 1990 until 2001 | |
| Contact phileaglesfan | Send me a private message | |
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Spangdahlem (8 years) Hill (7 Years) Luke (3 years) Kunsan (2 years) Weapons Loader F-4/F-16 for first 3 years. QA for a little over the year, on the F16/F15/A10. |
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My Jets & Assignments
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85507 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 314th Fighter Squadron "Warhawks" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1990 - 1990 | |||||
| Current: | 85507 | 
USAF AMARC
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F-16D Block 25 | [ sto] | ||
| This was my first jet as a crew chief. DCC was relieved of duty due to a maintenance issue and I was moved to 85-1512. I believe I met the producer for Quantum Leap when I crewed this jet. | ||||||
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85512 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 314th Fighter Squadron "Warhawks" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1990 - 1991 | |||||
| Current: | 85512 |
USAF AMARC
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F-16D Block 25 | [ sto] | ||
| My best friend now was my DCC on this aircraft. We have been friends for 22 years. | ||||||
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86266 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1991 - 1992 | |||||
| Current: | 86266 |
USAF 93 FS
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F-16C Block 30 | [ act] | ||
| I probably learned more about my job on this F-16 then any other one, mainly because it was broke all the time or because I was stationed at Kunsan. As Bull mentioned it was high flyer in the ORI though so it performed when it counted the most. I also was on alert duty with it and it performed great. I just read it survived a crashed landing around 2009, even after the pilot ejected. It had a few nicknames, all related to having 3 sixes on the tail. | ||||||
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90818 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 22nd Fighter Squadron "Stingers" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1994 - 1998 | |||||
| Current: | 90818 |
USAF 480 FS
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F-16C Block 50 | [ act] | ||
| This was probably my favorite F-16 that I crewed and it was my first as a DCC. I had the best assistants. It was parked in HAS 85 at Spangdahlem which was right near Perimeter Road. I took it over when it was relatively new. It already had a discolored avionics panel on the right side that remained there until it was repainted in 1997. A few months later I moved to QA before I PCSd to Utah. | ||||||
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87391 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 34th Fighter Squadron "Rams" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1999 - 2000 | |||||
| Current: | 87391 |
USAF 416 FLTS
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F-16D Block 40 | [ act] | ||
| This F-16 was not the most reliable and since it was a D model it didn't get to go on some TDYs. I remember it didn't have many code 1s but it flew a lot. "Baby Flex" took over this aircraft from me when I moved on to be an expeditor then I PCSd to Korea in 2011. | ||||||
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