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Viper Driver Flying Hours
Col.
Jim
"Pizza"
Fiorelli
(Ret.)
Viper Driver
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Name | Col. Jim "Pizza" Fiorelli (Ret.) |
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| Unit | N/A | |
| Flying F-16s | ||
| Viper Hours | 1000 | |
| Col. Jim "Pizza" Fiorelli was with the Arizona ANGs 162nd FW. He died on March 9th, 1994. At the time, he was the Board President of the Safety Investigation Board for F-16A 80-0486 of the 148 FS that crashed on February 28th near Duncan, Arizona. The crash site is about 5nm south of the town of Duncan atop a high mountain peak. Col Fiorelli suffered a heart attack while climbing the mountain with his team to the crash site, was medevaced by helicopter, and later died. A cross is located at the crash site and marked in dedication to Col Fiorelli as well as 2Lt Julian Beneker, RNlLAF, who was killed in the crash. | ||
F-16 Flying Hours
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1,000 Hours | # 872 on the 1K list | |
| Unit | N/A | ||
| Date | unknown | ||
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