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USAF-ACC-79-FS
 Name TSgt. Ryan Swifka
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Unit 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers"
Crewing F-16s from 2000 until 2007
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It all kicked off with 370, then 305 in Kunsan, back to ID to pick up 896,386,and 541 untill we went to the split-tail. Wrapped up a tour in Osan working the U-2, now I crew a desk in the 79th.

My Jets & Assignments

USAF F-16C block 52 #91-0370 from the 389th FS is taking off from Nellis AFB on March 19th, 2004 to perform a late afternoon Red Flag mission. [Photo by <a href="http://www.squadronprints.com/master.htm" target="new">Berry Vissers</a>]
 		91370 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" [Unit History]
Period 2000 - 2002
Current: 91370   USAF 157 FS F-16C Block 52 [ act]
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0305 painted with an arctic paint scheme waits for clearance before taking off for a training mission from Kunsan AB on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]
 		86305 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats" [Unit History]
Period 2002 - 2003
Current: 86-0305   USAF AMARC F-16C Block 30 [ sto]
USAF F-16C block 52 #92896 with Mountain Home markings pulling his leggs in with a full air-to-air loadout [<a href="http://www.aeroimage.nl" target="new">Aeroimage</a> photo]
 		92896 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" [Unit History]
Period 2003 - 2004
Current: 92896   USAF USAF ADS F-16C Block 52 [ act]
Lt. Col. Philip Hoover flies F-16C block 52 #91-0386 from the 389th FS over the Gulf of Mexico in order to fire an AIM-120A AMRAAM at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission on March 26th, 2003. [USAF photo by TSgt. Michael Ammons]
 		91386 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" [Unit History]
Period 2004 - 2005
Current: 91386   USAF 16 WS F-16C Block 52 [ w/o]
She never wanted to come back from a TDY/Deployment. It would never fail, the day we were supposed to be going home, and she would break. Left me hanging in places like Spain for a while trying to get her fixed! Too bad she's taking a dirt nap...RIP.
USAF F-16C block 52 #93-0541 from the 389th FS seen heading the lineup of other Mountain Home AB vipers at Nellis AFB on October 18th, 2006. [<a href="http://www.jetwashimages.com" target="new">JetwashImages.com</a> photo by Chad Thomas]
 		93541 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" [Unit History]
Period 2005 - 2006
Current: 93541   USAF 157 FS F-16C Block 52 [ act]
Unit 5RS
Period 2007 - 2008
U-2 acft...wow, this thing is old!
USAF-ACC-79-FS
 Unit 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" [History]
Period 2008 -
Crew'in a desk...
Other aircraft/assignments Walked around an F-15E for about a month. Pulled a tour on the U-2...
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