HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Syracuse - Lieutenant Colonel David S. Brenton, a fighter pilot with the 174th Fighter Wing, 138th Fighter Squadron, Hancock Field poses with the F-16 Fighting Falcon that would soon fly him over the 4000 hour mark inside it's cockpit.
Brenton became only the 25th F-16 pilot in the world to pass this astonishing milestone and only the 22nd American pilot to accomplish this incredible feat on Saturday, Aug. 8
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