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F-15E pilot clocks 3,000 hours

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Lt. Col. Paul Hibbard, a 333rd Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, joined two other active-duty F-15E pilots in clocking more than 3,000 hours on the jet on Jul. 22.

Lt. Col. Paul Hibbard, 333rd Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, performs pre-flight checks before a training sortie, July 22, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The training flight marked Hibbard’s 3,000th flying hour in the F-15E Strike Eagle, which he has been flying for more than two decades. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Shawna L. Keyes)
Lt. Col. Paul Hibbard, 333rd Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, performs pre-flight checks before a training sortie, July 22, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The training flight marked Hibbard’s 3,000th flying hour in the F-15E Strike Eagle, which he has been flying for more than two decades. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Shawna L. Keyes)

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