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An F-16 painted with a 'Viper Out' commemorative tail flash flies alongside flagships from the 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 30, 2017. The last operational F-16 assigned to Hill AFB is set to leave in September. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) Hill AFB bids farewell to 'Viper'
Hill AFB officially ended an era Friday at a Viper Out ceremony celebrating 38-years of the F-16 at the base. Current and former military members, pilots, maintainers, civic leaders and friends packed Hangar 37 to bid farewell to the plane dubbed the Viper, because of its appearance at take-off. The Viper will no longer routinely fill the northern Utah skies as Hill’s jets are assigned to other locations, primarily Holloman AFB, New Mexico, making room for the F-35A and keeping Hill at the cutting edge of flying technology.
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