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TSgt.
Brad
Irwin
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Name | TSgt. Brad Irwin |
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Unit | 39th Flight Test Squadron | |
Crewing F-16s | from 1999 until 2005 | |
Contact birwin353 | Send me a private message | |
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I started out at Eglin in test side. Stayed there till they kicked me out and sent me to Kunsan. Did my year in the 80th and played the EQUAL listing and lost. It came up Cannon or Holloman. I picked the less of two evils and worked the F-117's. Well the F-117's retired and the AF figgured that 117's and F-22's were the same so they sent us all to Langley. Currently I'm working Phase (or what they subsituted for phase) on the 22. Its different, Ive never needed a computer to put external power on a jet before.
Current or Favourite assignmentMy first unit, My first jet, you always remember your first! |
My Jets & Assignments
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87353 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 39th Flight Test Squadron | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1999 - 2004 | |||||
Current: | 87353 | ![]() |
F-16C Block 40 | [ act] | ||
My first and favorite jet. I crewed her through the full first portion of the conformal fuel tank tests. From when she had just the dummy shapes on, through the Peace Zena III tests with the full comformals, 600 gal wing tanks and lazer guided bombs. Talk about some hot brakes, she blew thermal plugs regularly, they liked to fly her with externals full with lockout keys installed and safty wired in. For eglin guys this is SOP but with 3k extra fuel with conformals it was a problem. Now she has a switch in the cockpit to lock out externals. | ||||||
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79417 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 40th Flight Test Squadron | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1999 - 2004 | |||||
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F-16B Block 5 | [ scr] | |||
POS that Eglin got from the guard. It took us 6 months to get this thing to fly after we accepted it. I was DCC on her for about a year before they sent her to the grave. I hate busses. | ||||||
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86270 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats" | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2004 - 2005 | |||||
Current: | 86-0270 | ![]() |
F-16C Block 30 | [ sto] | ||
I would say she was my jet but she is just a whore and has a new DCC every year. She was the 80th squadron bird. I never got to work her but by ADCC did a pretty good job. | ||||||
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F-117 Nighthawk | |||||
Unit | 9th Fighter Squadron Tail# 786 | |||||
Period | 2005 - 2008 | |||||
Worked the line for about a year long enough to learn that I dont know s@#t about the F-117. Promptly went to MOC after that. MOC was so great!! I highly recomend it. | ||||||
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F-22 Raptor | |||||
Unit | Langley AFB | |||||
Period | 2008 - | |||||
Working F-22 phase. I know F-22 dosent have a phase but how else are you going to explain PMP to a bunch of F-16 guys? |
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