Viper Driver Flying Hours

Brig. Gen. William B. Binger

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	Name	Brig. Gen. William B. Binger
	Country
	Unit	302nd Fighter Squadron "Sun Devils/Hellions"
	Flying F-16s
	Viper Hours	4000
	2005: 944 Operations Group Commander, Luke AFB AZ flying with the 302 "Hellions" Fighter Squadron. 2008: Wing Commander with the 482nd Wing. 2012: Currently the 10th Air Force Commander.

F-16 Flying Hours

4,000 Hours		#12 on the 4K list
Unit	302nd Fighter Squadron "Sun Devils/Hellions"	[Unit History]
Date	30 October 2005
Comment	Colonel Binger surpassed the 4 K mark on a combat sortie on 30 Oct 05 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
3,000 Hours		#28 on the 3K list
Unit	N/A
Date	January 1999
Comment	Tucson
2,000 Hours		#112 on the 2K list
Unit	N/A
Date	unknown
Comment
1,000 Hours		#454 on the 1K list
Unit	N/A
Date	unknown
Comment

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Visitor Comments

My civilian flight instructor.

Cody Anderson, Sep 20, 2017 - 10:18 PM

The year was 1981. I was a civilian 30 something looking to learn how to fly. I enrolled at a flying club at Fullerton Airport, CA. My instructor was a young 20 somethg just finishing college. His name was Bill Binger. The staff and myself affectionately called him Colonel Binger.

I believe that I was his last civilian student before becoming part of the United States Air Force.

I feel like the proudest civilian pilot in the Usa, to have such a great pilot and patriot as my instructor.

My bucket list includes a reunion with the General.

OS: I wonder if he still has that boot knife I gave him.