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TSgt.
Jason
Blataric
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Name | TSgt. Jason Blataric |
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| Unit | 301st Fighter Wing | |
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| Contact jblataric | Send me a private message | |
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| I was on active duty in the Air Force from January 1996 to June 2000 at Lackland AFB, Sheppard AFB, Hill AFB, and Misawa AB. Ten months after I separated, I moved from California to Texas to join the Texas Air National Guard from March 2001 to November 2008 at Lackland. In May 2007, I got married and graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in 2008 I was offered a job with Northrop Grumman developing maintainer and pilot training on the F-35 program in El Segundo, CA. I transferred to the California Air National Guard in December 2008 at Fresno ANGB. In May 2012, I transferred my civilian job to Fort Worth and transferred to the Air Force Reserve at NAS Fort Worth JRB. | ||
My Jets & Assignments
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87391 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 34th Fighter Squadron "Rams" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1996 - 1998 | |||||
| Current: | 87391 | 
USAF 416 FLTS
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F-16D Block 40 | [ act] | ||
| My first jet with my name on the gear door. I deployed once with the 34th FS to Prince Sultan AB in Saudi Arabia for a 45-day tour. | ||||||
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Unit | 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" | [History] | |||
| Period | 1998 - 2000 | |||||
| Assigned to 14th FS Phase section for my two years here. I deployed once with them to Prince Sultan AB in Saudi Arabia, (my 2nd trip here) for a 90-day tour. | ||||||
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Unit | 149th Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2001 - 2004 | |||||
| Assigned to Phase section for three years before transferring to the flightline. | ||||||
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87365 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 149th Fighter Wing | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 2004 - 2005 | |||||
| Current: | 87365 |
USAF 195 FS
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F-16D Block 30 | [ act] | ||
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87248 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 149th Fighter Wing | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 2005 - 2008 | |||||
| Current: | 87248 |
USAF 182 FS
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F-16C Block 30 | [ act] | ||
| I was proud of this one. It was my first jet to have my name on the right canopy sill, and my nickname "Batman". I also spray-painted round bat symbols on the hubcaps and had various Batman decals inside several maintenance doors. I even painted my ear defenders a flat black, and painted the "Batman Begins" bat logo in chrome on each ear cup. My only regret was not doing a Batman-themed travel pod. | ||||||
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Unit | 144th Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2008 - 2012 | |||||
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Unit | 301st Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2012 - | |||||
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