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 Col. Thomas King, the commander of Detachment 1 of the AFRC at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, retired in July after serving thirty-seven years in the Air Force. He flew 124 combat missions in the Vietnam War, flying the F-4, F-105, A-7D, and the O-1. Thirty-four years later, he flew combat sorties in an F-16 in Operation Northern Watch. All told, he accumulated more than 900 hours of combat missions in a variety of aircraft and 2,700 total hours in the F-16. King’s last F-16 flight occurred the day before his sixtieth birthday. He is believed to be the oldest operational F-16 pilot. |
