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  • Air Force pilot soars to F-16 milestone [First to fly 5000 hours!]

    11/22/2002 3:11:05 PM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 10 replies · 237+ views
    Air Force Link ^ | 11/22/02 | Maj. James R. Wilson
    11/22/02 - HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFPN) -- A piece of history was carved out Nov. 22 when four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 419th Fighter Wing here took off on a combat training mission. While four F-16s on a routine training mission is not necessarily historic, one of the pilots, Lt. Col. Michael Brill, earned his place in the record books during the sortie. Brill became the first pilot in the world to log 5,000 flying hours in the F-16 aircraft. "I've been fortunate," said Brill. "The fact that I've been able to stay in the cockpit this...