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Pilots with 5,000 flying hours on the F-16
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5,000 Hour List

11 F-16 pilots have reached 5,000 flying hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon so far.

# 1
6,000 Hours
Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill (Updated: 3 May 2010)
| 466 FS | 421 FS
# 2
5,000 Hours
Lt.Col. Nick "Midas" Anderson (Updated: 16 Mar 2021)
# 3
5,000 Hours
Col. Robert "Cutch" McCutchen (Ret.) (Updated: 22 May 2011)
17 FS | 72 FS | 162 FW | 309 FS
# 4
5,000 Hours
Col. Lenny "Wizard" Dick (Ret.) (Updated: 8 Nov 2020)
| 302 FS | 457 FS | AATC
# 5
5,000 Hours
Lt.Col. Kurt R. "Lo-Tek" Tek (Updated: 17 Mar 2012)
| 162 FW | 162 FW
# 6
5,000 Hours
Lt.Col. Robert "T. Rex" Carpenter , Jr (Updated: 16 Mar 2021)
| 162 FW | 148 FS | 1 sqn
# 7
5,000 Hours
Brig.Gen. Matt "Mutt" Manifold (Ret.) (Updated: 24 Jun 2022)
22 FS | 23 FS | 162 FS | AATC | AATC
# 8
5,000 Hours
Cdt. Steven "Vrieske" De Vries (Updated: 2 Mar 2021)
23 sqn | 31 sqn | 31 sqn | 31 sqn | 31 sqn
# 9
5,000 Hours
Lt.Col. Scott "Skinny" Thompson (Updated: 22 Apr 2021)
| 195 FS
# 10
5,000 Hours
Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage (Updated: 26 Oct 2021)
| 134 FS | 134 FS | 125 FS
# 11
5,000 Hours
Lt.Col. Scott E. "Flex" Patten (Updated: 15 May 2022)