Next Assignment: Shaw AFB, South Carolina
This past Friday, Lana and I found out our next assignment will take us to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina in the city of Sumter to continue flying the F-16...block 50 this time around! Shaw if part of Air Combat Command (ACC) with a base designator on the tail of SW. God has continued to bless me at work and I'm thankful to have another flying assignment. The Air Force F-16 community is quickly drawing down to make way for the new F-35, so getting a third F-16 flying assignment is rare. We'll arrive in SC sometime around the March / April time frame and we're looking forward to being back together permanently again after my year in Korea. It'll be where our first child is born (Lana is about 8 weeks now) and a location easier for my US family to visit. Lufthansa also flies direct from Charlotte to Munich, so the location will work well to get to Germany easily.
In all my previous F-16 flying assignments, I have flown the block 40 F-16 which primarily focuses on precision strike (dropping laser and GPS guided bombs) and close air support (CAS) for the Army. Shaw flies the block 50 F-16 which primarily focuses on suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), targeting enemy radar sites, but can also do the block 40 missions. It'll be good for me to learn this mission in addition to what I have learned up to this point in the block 40. Initially I won't be an instructor in the SEAD mission, but that will come with time as I learn.
Lana and I are still here in Alaska, and will be traveling back to Korea in a couple weeks. The time in Korea has seemed long at times, but at others to go very quickly. I'll update the blog with a more specific timeline of when we'll be moving as soon as I get that info. Until then, fly safe and check six!
This past Friday, Lana and I found out our next assignment will take us to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina in the city of Sumter to continue flying the F-16...block 50 this time around! Shaw if part of Air Combat Command (ACC) with a base designator on the tail of SW. God has continued to bless me at work and I'm thankful to have another flying assignment. The Air Force F-16 community is quickly drawing down to make way for the new F-35, so getting a third F-16 flying assignment is rare. We'll arrive in SC sometime around the March / April time frame and we're looking forward to being back together permanently again after my year in Korea. It'll be where our first child is born (Lana is about 8 weeks now) and a location easier for my US family to visit. Lufthansa also flies direct from Charlotte to Munich, so the location will work well to get to Germany easily.
In all my previous F-16 flying assignments, I have flown the block 40 F-16 which primarily focuses on precision strike (dropping laser and GPS guided bombs) and close air support (CAS) for the Army. Shaw flies the block 50 F-16 which primarily focuses on suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), targeting enemy radar sites, but can also do the block 40 missions. It'll be good for me to learn this mission in addition to what I have learned up to this point in the block 40. Initially I won't be an instructor in the SEAD mission, but that will come with time as I learn.
Lana and I are still here in Alaska, and will be traveling back to Korea in a couple weeks. The time in Korea has seemed long at times, but at others to go very quickly. I'll update the blog with a more specific timeline of when we'll be moving as soon as I get that info. Until then, fly safe and check six!
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So excited for you to be in the states. I know this may be hard for Lana as she will not be near her family, but we will be able to visit more I hope! Praying for you and especially Lana at this time. Love you guys.
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