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MSgt.
Sam
"
Wild Man"
Houston
(Ret.)
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Name | MSgt. Sam Houston (Ret.) |
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| Unit | 81st Tactical Fighter Wing | |
| Crewing F-16s | from 1985 until 1992 | |
| Contact jollymon | Send me a private message | |
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1977-1980 18TFW / 18 EMS F-4 dock 1 Phase Kadena Okinawa 1980-1982 81 TFW / 92nd AMU A-10 Crew Chief RAF Bentwaters UK 1982-1983 81 TFW / DCM Job Control RAF Bentwaters UK 1983-1985 355 TTW /333rd AMB A-10 Crew Chief DMAFB, AZ 1985-1987 56 TTW / 61st AMB F-16 A/B MacDill AFB,FL 1987-1990 56 TTW / MATD Instructor F-16 C/D MacDill AFB, FL 1990-1992 8 TFW / 80th AMU B-Flt Flight Chief Kunsan ROK 1992-1992 52 FW / 23 FS Crew Chief Spangdahlem AB, Germany 1992-1994 52 FW / OG Group Senior APG Inspector Spangdahlem 1994-1995 52 FW / LG Group A-10 MATD/Eng run Instructor Spang 1995-1997 52 FW / 81st FS Phase Dock Spangdahlem AB, 1997-2001 40 Flt test Sq/Falcon Flight Chief,ProSuper,RA,Eglin AFB One great Air Force "The worlds best men and women work hard play hard we had just one job..... Fly, Fight and Win..... before " all the P.C. BS and yes men lets not forget the ass kissers" got in the way of doing your job. I love working the F-4's and A-10's only one type of engine the F-16 world sucks period ..... PW-200 crap GE 110 crap PW220E good. too many crapy engines the best F-16 base was MacDill AFB Tampa FL. and the Air Force moved it the entire 56 Wing that was a dumb shit thing to do Uncle Sam Current or Favourite assignment56 TTW No bag drag, no gas mask, no playing war gamesjust fun and the sun DeploymentsSouthern Watch Saudi ArabiaDec 1992-March 1993 F-4 G 81FS QA inspector Operation Deny Flight Aviano AB 1993 A-10 81FS QA Inspector |
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My Jets & Assignments
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79432 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
| Unit | 61st Fighter Squadron "Top Dogs" | [Unit History] | ||||
| Period | 1985 - 1992 | |||||
| Current: | AAFG0408 | 
USAF AMARC
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F-16B Block 10 | [ sto] | ||
| My first F-16 B 79-0432 with a PW 200 engine never got a ride in the back seat | ||||||
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Unit | 80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats" | [History] | |||
| Period | 1991 - 1992 | |||||
| Yeah It was the kun spent my time bitchin at the QA telling them to stop picking on my troops that one of many jobs as a flight chief | ||||||
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Unit | 23rd Fighter Squadron "Fighting Hawks" | [History] | |||
| Period | 1992 - 1992 | |||||
| I was the only B shed out in the only A-10 SQ 81FS I got out of the 23FS by going to QA | ||||||
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Unit | 81st Fighter Squadron "Wild Weasels" | [History] | |||
| Period | 1995 - 1997 | |||||
| F-16 vs A-10 I love the A-10 | ||||||
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Unit | 39th Flight Test Squadron | [History] | |||
| Period | 1997 - 2001 | |||||
| All test units in the Air Force should be all military NO civilians what a mess mixing military and civilians | ||||||
| Other aircraft/assignments |
F-4 C / D / RF/ at Kadena Okinawa Japan F-4 G model at Spangdahlem Germany A-10A at RAF Bentwaters UK A-10A at DMAFB, AZ Fort Rucker AL aircraft mechanic Uh-1 Huey CH-47 Chinook UH-60 Blackhawk AH-64 A/D Apache |
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