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Viper Driver Flying Hours
Lt.Col.
Curt
"Custis"
Hughes
(Ret.)
Viper Driver
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Name | Lt.Col. Curt "Custis" Hughes (Ret.) |
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| Unit | 120th Fighter Squadron "Cougars/Mile High Militia" | |
| Flying F-16s | from 1990 until 2006 | |
| Viper Hours | 2202 | |
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UPT at Columbus AFB, Class 86-07 Lead-In Fighter Training 1986 F-15 FTU 550th Silver Eagles, Luke AFB 1986 122nd TFS, LA ANG, New Orleans, LA 1987-1990 302nd FS, USAFR Luke AFB, 1990-1992 120 FS, CO ANG, Denver CO 1990-2006 |
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Memorable F-16 Aircraft |
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F-16 #
86370 [Detailed history of
this F-16] Deployed to Balad AB, Iraq my good friend Craig "LOBO" Wolf was taxiing 86-370 (the jet with my name and crew chief, Mike Sawyer's name on it) and a mortar exploded sending shrapnel into the vertical stabilizer, tire and empennage. LOBO jumped in a spare and continued the night mission supporting ground forces with E-CAS. The tremendous maintenance team was able to get a new vertical stabilizer sent to Balad and I flew the aircraft back to Buckley AFB, Denver, CO in September 2004. |
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Deployments120th FS/CC 2002-2004120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron/CC Operation Iraqi Freedom Spring 2003 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron/CC Balad AB, Iraq Summer 2004 |
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F-16 Flying Hours
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2,000 Hours | # 440 on the 2K list | |
| Unit |
 120th Fighter Squadron
"Cougars/Mile High Militia"
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[Unit History] | |
| Date | 2005 | ||
| Comment | Having the unique opportunity to be the Squadron Commander of the finest group of warriors in the world was a true honor and the best experience of my professional life. The maintenance team was unparalleled and ensured we deployed 16 x F-16s to Operation Iraqi Freedom in Feb 2003 where we conducted non-stop 24/every day operations until the conflict's end on April 19, 2003. | ||
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1,000 Hours | # 2099 on the 1K list | |
| Unit |
120th Fighter Squadron
"Cougars/Mile High Militia"
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[Unit History] | |
| Date | 1998 | ||
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Flying Hours on other aircraft
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F-15 Eagle | ||||
| Hours | 715 | ||||
| Other aircraft/assignments | I was taught aerial combat in the F-15 by the pilots of the 122nd Fighter Squadron - the best in the business and it set the tone for a career for which I'm extremely grateful | ||||
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