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Found 12 aircraft, displaying contribute.html-12 [Sorted by Name]
Local S/N AF/Unit Aircraft Name Marked Date Details
112 IDFAF 117 sqn 78-0314 "Ra'am" 19 Jul 1980 Details
First air-to-air victory

History was made when Israel's youngest pilot, Lieutenant Rafi of 117 Squadron scored the first kill with an F-16 on April 28th, 1981. The victory was against one of two Mil-8s which had entered into Israeli held territory. A missile was fired but missed. The kill came when Rafi switched to guns and made a second run. Wears 1 kill marking.
79370 USAF 184 TFG 79-0370 "Rag Doll" Sep 1989 Details
90825 USAF 14 FS 90-0825 "RAT BA*D" "35 FW" Jun 1995 Details
83150 USAF 134 FS 83-1150 "Ready for Duty" Jan 2004 Details
83156 USAF 184 TFG 83-1156 "RED MAN / SPECIAL CUT" Feb 1991 Details
Outward facing noes gear door art.
85461 USAF 121 FS 85-1461 "Red Snapper" "121 FS" May 1994 Details
Name is on inside of the nose gear door. At the end of the words was painted a little white shark with a cigar.
87392 USAF 416 FLTS 87-0392 "Rollin Thunder" Unknown Details
Used to test the ASQ-213 HARM Targetting System (HTS) pod. Nose art was added by Paramount Studios.
258 IDFAF 117 sqn 78-0351 "Romach" 20 May 1981 Details
Downed a MiG-21 and MiG-23 in of June 1982.
84289 84-1289 "Roman Lab" Sep 1996 Details
Used as a recruiting aid with the New York ANG, right side of aircraft is Rome Lab markings, left side is regular NY ANG markings with '174 FW'.
82926 USAF 178 FS 82-0926 "Roughrider Country" Unknown Details
90741 USAF 17 FS 90-0741 "Rump Shaker" 20 Nov 1991 Details
Acted as the 9th AF Viper Demo Team East F-16.
84272 USAF 457 FS 84-1272 "Runts Wild Hair" 01 Feb 1992 Details



Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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