Viper Driver Flying Hours

Name Lt.Col. Donald "Rhett" Butler (Ret.)

Country

Unit 1st squadron

Flying F-16s

Viper Hours 3200

4,000 Hours # 60 on the 4K list

Unit N/A

Date 3 December 2024

Comment Don "Rhett" Butler reached an incredible 4,000 flight hours in the F-16. He spent 20 years in the USAF as an F-16 pilot, then went on to work for Lockheed Martin as a civilian F-16 instructor, evaluator and test pilot. He joined Top Aces in September 2023 and is currently their Site Lead at Luke AFB providing advanced ADAIR training to USAF 5th Gen pilots — and it was during a recent mission that he hit his 4,000th flight hour!

3,000 Hours # 199 on the 3K list

Unit 1st squadron [Unit History]

Date 2009

Comment Exchange pilot.

2,000 Hours # 416 on the 2K list

Unit 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron "Green Bats" [Unit History]

Date 2004

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1,000 Hours # 2100 on the 1K list

Unit 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" [Unit History]

Date 1998

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