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Col. Mitch Dodd (Ret.)

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	Name	Col. Mitch Dodd (Ret.)
	Country
	Unit	N/A
	Flying F-16s
	Viper Hours	2500
	FWS Grad, 56TTW McDill 1986, then flew F-16s at 496TFS as a Captain -- now CC of the Bushmasters at Shaw. Capt. Mitch Dodd, Capt. Thomas F. Gould, Doug White, Capt. Rich Scobee punctuated the end of the National Anthem by doing a fly-by over the Sun Devil Stadium (Phoenix, Arizona) at the XXX Super Bowl. Together with Maj. Bill Hyatt and Capt. David "Loogie" Lujan they are members of the 78th Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base. Capt. Dodd is the Squadron Commander. Maj. Bill Hyatt and Capt. David "Loogie" Lujan were about three miles in trail during the whole ordeal, ready to fall into formation in case something went wrong. David passed the 2K marker at this event. The flight also observed the tenth anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its eight-member crew. Scobee is the son of the Challenger mission commander, Dick Scobee. Col, ROTC Kansas Retired.

F-16 Flying Hours

2,000 Hours		# 608 on the 2K list
Unit	N/A
Date	unknown
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1,000 Hours		# 500 on the 1K list
Unit	N/A
Date	unknown
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