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Crew Chief Profiles

 TSgt. Jim Blake

My profile

Name TSgt. Jim Blake
Country
Unit 77th Fighter Squadron "Gamblers"
Crewing F-16s
Contact Send me a private message
Website
Been to a lot of fun places, met and partied hard with some great people. I've always had a temper issue since I can remember, it's gotten me in trouble from time to time. I think by far my worst assignment is Aviano, not fun. I enjoyed being at Shaw, one day I'll go back there, I like small towns.

Current or Favourite assignment

I really felt at comfortable in the 77th, lots of good people there.

Deployments

I've deployed to Incirlik for ONW and to Balad for OIF. Balad sucks

My Jets & Assignments

87292 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" [Unit History]
Period 1994 - 1998
Current: 87292  188 FS F-16C Block 30 29 Oct 2007 [act]
My very first assigned F-16, it was the Squadron Flagship so I did a lot of cleaning, got used to it after a while. I was the ADCC
90812 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" [Unit History]
Period 1994 - 1998
Current: 90812  14 FS F-16C Block 50 04 Oct 2007 [act]
I recovered this jet when it first landed here, this was my first Block-50, it had 200 hours when it arrived at Misawa. It became the new Squadron Flagship and I was the ADCC.
90824 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" [Unit History]
Period 1994 - 1998
Current: 90824  14 FS F-16C Block 50 04 Oct 2007 [act]
This was the first jet I was a DCC on. Damn good jet
84217 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 62nd Fighter Squadron "Spikes" [Unit History]
Period 1998 - 2000
Current: 84217  62 FS F-16C Block 25 20 Jul 2005 [act]
Not a bad jet, had a few issues while I had it.
86309 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" [Unit History]
Period 2000 - 2001
Current: 86309  ? F-16C Block 30 Sep 2008 [act]
Only crewed this jet for about 3 mnths, not a bad jet while I was on it.
Unit 8th OG
Period 2000 - 2001
I PCA'd from the 35th FS to be the ICT instructor. Not a bad job for the better part of a year.
94044 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 77th Fighter Squadron "Gamblers" [Unit History]
Period 2001 - 2003
Current: 94044  77 FS F-16C Block 50 Apr 2003 [act]
Good jet while assigned to it. Once while I was on leave it started shootin sparks from the left wheel well, they got it fixed up and flying before I got back
Unit 8th MOS
Period 2003 - 2004
I had the easiest job this time at the Kun. I went right into being EOR super. Not a bad way to spend a year.
88529 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards" [Unit History]
Period 2004 - 2007
Current: 88529  510 FS F-16C Block 40 18 Sep 2007 [w/o]
When I first got here this jet was at SABCA gettin a new paint job and other crap done to it. When it came back it was a good jet, lost count of the code-1's it tallied up while I was on it.
88541 [Detailed history of this F-16]
Unit 510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards" [Unit History]
Period 2004 - 2007
Current: 88541  510 FS F-16C Block 40 Aug 1994 [act]
Good jet, flew pretty good while I was on it.

Visitor Comments

Damm Yankees!
adam.macintosh@pw.utc.com, Oct 22, 2008 - 03:05 AM

What's up Jim. It's been a long time. Glad to see your doing well. I always new you'd be a lifer! I retired from the AF when I left Misawa. We had one of the best Damm parties the place had ever seen when I left for the states...do you remember that? I sure do. I'm no longer swinging wrenches. I'm a F135 Customer Support Engineer for Pratt Whitney in East Hartford, CT. If your ever going to be up in the North East drop me a line. I'd love to have a beer and chat about the good ole days at Colurs!

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