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MSgt.
William
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Z"
Zimmermann
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Name | MSgt. William Zimmermann |
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| Unit | 57th Fighter Wing | |
| Crewing F-16s | from 1996 until 2004 | |
| Contact Z-mann | Send me a private message | |
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Something new this way comes!
DeploymentsOSWPSAB-97,98 Kuwait-99 ONW Incirlik, Turkey-01 (deployed during Sep 11) Desert Fox Deployed from Hill and took over Charleston, twice! That was as far as we got both times. As for TDY locations...I can remember most...and there are many...some are still in a haze! |
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My Jets & Assignments
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88421 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 421st Fighter Squadron "Black Widows" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1996 - 2000 | |||||
| Current: | 88421 | 
USAF 54 FG
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F-16C Block 40 | [ act] | ||
| Squadron Flagship. Acft S/N same as unit number. DCC was Ed Michaud, one of the best guys I've ever known. When Ed went to FTD I was able to take over as DCC a SrA...I was pretty ate up! I enjoyed it though. Dan Roth and I were kept busy! | ||||||
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86308 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 2000 - 2001 | |||||
| Current: | 86308 |
USAF 18 AGRS
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F-16C Block 30 | [ act] | ||
| SrA DCC on 86-0308, OG Flagship...at the time. Some other tail is wearing that title now. Yep, I was still ate up! | ||||||
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89024 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 2001 - 2004 | |||||
| Current: | 89024 |
USAF 555 FS
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F-16C Block 40 | [ act] | ||
| SSgt DCC on "Two-four the war whore". Static display with Polish government tail flash during official ceremony in Warsaw, Poland. Prime Minister announcement of purchase agreement for the F-16. And yes, I was still pretty ate up! Just talked back a bit more. Travis Clark, Pete Spoelstra, Kevin Bryan and Damon Lee all were great to work with on keeping "the whore" a high dollar dame! | ||||||
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Unit | 524th Fighter Squadron "Hounds" | [History] | |||
| Period | 2004 - 2006 | |||||
| Made TSgt and got put in the truck. APG Expediter 524th AMU 04-06. Worked for some some awesome guys...Larry Delinger, Charlie Johnson, Hockenberry, and Lee Carto (not too shabby for a Weapons guy!) Short time as NCOIC Debrief 524th AMU Feb-Sep 06 prior to PCSing. | ||||||
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Unit | 8th Maintenance Group QA, Kunsan AB, ROK | ||||
| Period | 2006 - 2007 | |||||
| APG Quality Assurance Inspector | ||||||
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F-16 Phase | |||||
| Unit | 35th Maintenance Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan | |||||
| Period | 2007 - 2009 | |||||
| First time in Phase. Very in depth learning experience. Pain in the culo being a crew chief in a backshop oriented unit. Uugh! They just don't understand sometimes. | ||||||
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Unit | 35th Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2009 - 2010 | |||||
| Moved to Wing Inspections for last year at Misawa. Excellent experience! | ||||||
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Unit | 57th Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2010 - 2011 | |||||
| Viper AMU, APG Section Chief. Wow! Talk about busy! | ||||||
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Unit | 57th Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2011 - 2012 | |||||
| F-16 Pro-Super. Great to be back on the line! Great time and experience! | ||||||
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Unit | 57th Fighter Wing | [History] | |||
| Period | 2012 - | |||||
| Moved to F-35A! Finally something NEW! | ||||||
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