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MSgt.
Robert
"
Tip"
Tipton
(Ret.)
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Name | MSgt. Robert Tipton (Ret.) |
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Unit | 39th Flight Test Squadron | |
Crewing F-16s | from 1991 until 2013 | |
Contact robtipton | Send me a private message | |
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Started crewing F-16s in Misawa, Japan with the 13th AMU. Since then, I've worked crash/recovery at Holloman on the F-117, Phase Dock at Osan, crewed F-16s again from 1998-2003 at Eglin with the 39th and 40th FTS. Went to go teach at Aviano as an F-16 FTD Instructor. My final assignment was at Elmendorf working 3 AMXS Squadron Staff for the two F-22 AMUs. |
My Jets & Assignments
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85498 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 13th Fighter Squadron "Panthers" | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1991 - 1994 | |||||
Current: | 85498 | ![]() |
F-16C Block 30 | [ sto] | ||
I was the ADCC of this jet with J.J.Jones. Loved this bird. J.J. and I got our incentive flights when this 'ol gal won the 5-Star award in 1992. | ||||||
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78102 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 39th Flight Test Squadron | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1998 - 1999 | |||||
Current: | 78102 | ![]() |
F-16B Block 5 | [ i/a] | ||
This was the first F-16 that I was ever the DCC on. My ADCC was Mike Roberts, and we named this one Mrs. Robinson. Mikey is the finest F-16 crew chief I've ever known, and could field-strip an F-16 blindfolded! | ||||||
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88469 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 39th Flight Test Squadron | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 1999 - 2001 | |||||
Current: | 88469 | ![]() |
F-16C Block 42 | [ act] | ||
Loved this bird! She had a history shrouded in mystery--several years unaccounted for out in the "black world." | ||||||
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98004 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 40th Flight Test Squadron | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2001 - 2001 | |||||
Current: | 98004 | ![]() |
F-16C Block 50 | [ act] | ||
The first block 50 MMC F-16 we got on the ET side at Eglin. | ||||||
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80609 | [Detailed history of this F-16] | ||||
Unit | 40th Flight Test Squadron | [Unit History] | ||||
Period | 2001 - 2003 | |||||
Current: | 80609 | ![]() |
F-16A Block 15 | [ i/a] | ||
This was the "Wing King's" F-16. I crewed this with my ADCC, Dan Rodriguez--a fine assistant who I hand-picked for the job. | ||||||
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Unit | 36th Fighter Squadron "Flying Fiends" | [History] | |||
Period | 1997 - 1998 | |||||
Worked Phase Dock while at Osan. | ||||||
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Unit | FTD Instructor | ||||
Period | 2003 - 2008 | |||||
Loved this job! | ||||||
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F-22 Raptor | |||||
Unit | 3 AMXS | |||||
Period | 2008 - 2011 | |||||
Squadron Staff | ||||||
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F-117 Nighthawk | |||||
Unit | 49th MXS | |||||
Period | 1994 - 1997 | |||||
Worked A/R and Crash/Recovery here. | ||||||
Other aircraft/assignments |
F-117s at Holloman AFB, NM F-16 FTD Instructor at Aviano AB, Italy F-22 Squadron Staff |
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