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  • Scherders
    Maj. Scherders, RNlAF F-16 weapons instructor pilot and foreign exchange officer, poses for a portrait on February 6th, 2021 at Prince Sultan AB. As part of the FEO program, Scherders shared his expertise with 'Gambler' pilots from the 77th EFS during training missions in Saudi Arabia. [USAF photo by SrA. Leala Marquez]
  • Savageau
    Col. Trena Savageau, 944th OG commander, smiles from the cockpit of an F-16 after completing a milestone sortie on January 13th, 2021 at Luke AFB. During this flight Savageau exceeded two thousand flying hours in the F-16 putting her in an elite group of less than 900 pilots worldwide to achieve this milestone and the first female to fly 2,000 F-16 flying hours in the USAF Reserve. [USAF photo by MSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
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    Col. Trena Savageau, 944th OG commander, poses in front of an F-16 after completing a milestone sortie on January 13th, 2021 at Luke AFB. During this flight Savageau exceeded two thousand flying hours in the F-16 putting her in an elite group of less than 900 pilots worldwide to achieve this milestone and the first female to fly 2,000 F-16 flying hours in the USAF Reserve. [USAF by MSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
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    Col. Trena Savageau, 944th OG commander, poses with Col. Jim Greenwald, 944th FW commander, in front of an F-16 after completing a milestone sortie on January 13th, 2021 at Luke AFB. During this flight Savageau exceeded two thousand flying hours in the F-16 putting her in an elite group of less than 900 pilots worldwide to achieve this milestone and the first female to fly 2,000 F-16 flying hours in the USAF Reserve. [USAF photo by MSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
  • Hooter
    Lt. Col Joseph 'Hooter' Feheley prepares for his final flight in an F-16 on the day of his retirement at Homestead ARB on December 10th, 2021. [USAF photo by MSgt. Allissa Landgraff]
  • Gagnon
    Maj. Joe Gagnon, 36th FS director of operations, poses for a photo at Osan AB on January 27th, 2022. Pilots from the 36th FS receive 120 days of Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses training in order to become proficiant in that duty during their duty assignment at Osan. [USAF photo by SrA. Megan Estrada]
  • Luke
    Maj. Christopher Luke, 54th FTS instructor pilot, conducts pre-flight checks in F-16D block 40 #88-0166 on April 19th, 2022 at Holloman AFB. [USAF photo by A1C. Adrian Salazar]
  • Swanstrom
    185th FW Commander Col. Dennis Swanstrom poses in front of his F-16C block 30 #85-1547 at the Iowa ANG unit in Sioux City on September 1st, 1998. Swanstrom was the unit’s wing commander from 1987 to 1998. [ANG photo]
  • Reid
    SSgt. John Reid, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, unveils the name of Col. Thomas Graham, 52nd Operations Group commander, on the 52nd OG F-16C #91-0402 during an assumption of command ceremony on June 28th, 2022 at Spangdahlem AB. It is an Air Force tradition to rename a commander’s flagship and have their name painted on the aircraft depicting it as the group commander’s. [USAF photo by SrA. Jessica Sanchez-Chen]
  • Mongo
    Lt. Col. Kevin 'Mongo' Jens, an F-16 pilot assigned to the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin AFB, and his wife Krys Jens, pose for a photo at Nellis AFB on July 8th, 2022. Mongo has completed more than four thousand flight hours as an F-16 pilot. [USAF photo by A1C. Makenna Gott]
  • Mongo
    Lt. Col. Kevin 'Mongo' Jens, a pilot assigned to the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin AFB, completes four thousand flight hours as an F-16 pilot at Nellis AFBa on July 8th, 2022. Jens started in A-10s and flew in Desert Storm as a Lt. and flew his first F-16 in 1997. [USAF photo by A1C. Josey Blades]
  • Heat HMCS
    Top Aces' F-16 AAF is fielding sensors and functions that match evolving adversary threats, such as the Scorpion Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (HMCS) as shown here. [Photo by James DeBoer]
  • Dussault
    SrA. David Dussault, 52nd AMXS F-16 avionics journeyman, works to install a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system onto a 480th FS F-16C at Spangdahlem AB on May 23rd, 2022. [USAF photo by TSgt. Maeson L. Elleman]
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    Lt. Col. Jordan Kahn, 13th FS commander, climbs down a ladder attached to F-16C block 50 #92-3913 after reaching its 10,000 flight hour milestone at Misawa AB on September 27th, 2022. Aircraft 913 is currently piloted by Kahn and maintained by SrA. Jefte Reyes-Salinas, 13th FGS dedicated crew chief, SrA. Pedro Muriel and A1C. Nathan Hungate, both 13th FGS assistant dedicated crew chiefs. [USAF photo by SrA. Leon Redfern]
  • 92-3913_003
    A1C. Nathan Hungate (left), 13th FGS assistant dedicated crew chief, Lt. Col. Jordan Kahn (middle), 13th FS commander, and SrA. Jefte Reyes-Salinas (right), 13th FGS dedicated crew chief, pose in front of F-16C block 50 #92-3913 after reaching it’s 10,000 flight hour milestone at Misawa AB on September 27th, 2022. [USAF photo by SrA. Leon Redfern]