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Aircraft:
81-0779
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LM Aero T/V | 61-460 | |
Plant | General Dynamics | |
Local C/N | ||
Delivered |
USAF
81779
F-16A Block 15G |
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Current |
USAF
81779
F-16A Block 15G ADF |
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Status | [w/o] | |
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Aircraft History
Date | Status | Local S/N | Airforce/Unit | Version | Name | Info | ||
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18 Feb 1983 | [act] | 81779 | F-16A Block 15G | |||||
19 Mar 1983 | [msh] | 81779 | USAF 612 TFS 'TJ' | F-16A Block 15G | ||||
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26 Mar 1984 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 612 TFS 'TJ' | F-16A Block 15G | ||||
Aug 1984 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 421 TFS 'HL' | F-16A Block 15G | ||||
Mar 1986 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 16 TFTS 'HL' | F-16A Block 15G | ||||
Jul 1986 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 4 TFS 'HL' | F-16A Block 15G | ||||
Dec 1986 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 421 TFS 'HL' | F-16A Block 15G | ||||
Unknown | [con] | 81779 | F-16A Block 15G ADF | |||||
May 1990 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 170 TFS 'SI' | F-16A Block 15G ADF | ||||
Mar 1991 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 119 FIS | F-16A Block 15G ADF | ||||
May 1993 | [act] | 81779 | USAF 169 FS 'IL' | F-16A Block 15G ADF | ||||
11 Sep 1993 | [msh] | 81779 | USAF 169 FS 'IL' | F-16A Block 15G ADF | ||||
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11 Sep 1993 | [w/o] | 81779 | USAF 169 FS 'IL' | F-16A Block 15G ADF | AIB Report |
Crew Chief Comments
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MSgt. Ken Ramage |
Crew Chief Profile | |
612th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Fighting 612th" , - | ||
When 779 was landing at Torrejon AB, Spain for the first time, coming from the factory, the pilot forgot to put the landing gear down somehow and landed on the tanks. My beautiful, brand new F-16 with only 16 flying hours on it as I remember it began its assignment at TJ with a bang. Then, the crash recovery crew picked it up with a crane and dropped it twice. My baby sat on the ground for a couple of months while we waited for a depot crew to come and change a rib in the engine bay that was compressed, not from the landing but from being dropped by the crash recovery crew. I still am hoping to find a picture of that some day.
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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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