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Airframe Details for F-16 #83-1158

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Aircraft: 83-1158
	LM Aero T/V	5C-41
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 83158 F-16C Block 25B
	Current	USAF 83158 F-16C Block 25B
	Status	[sto]
Currently (2004) crewed by SSgt Ryan "Bon Jovi" Lorenz.

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

02 May 1985

[act]

83158

F-16C Block 25B

Special characteristics:

Special Colorscheme

Wearing General Dynamics markings at Le Bourget.

Jun 1985

[act]

83158

USAF 19 TFS 'SW'

F-16C Block 25B

Jun 1986

[act]

83158

USAF 33 TFS 'SW'

F-16C Block 25B

19 Dec 1990

[act]

83158

USAF 33 TFS 'SW'

F-16C Block 25B

" Sweet... But Deadly"

Special characteristics:

Nose Art

Deployment: Desert Storm

Flew 47 missions in Desert Storm. When the 363rd TFW returned home from Desert Storm in March of 1991 four aircraft kept their nose art for the Shaw AFB open house. The other three aircraft were with nose art: "Desert Shield", "Code One Candy" and "Hammer Time" which Warren Trask touched up before the show. All nose art but "Hammer Time" was removed right after the air show.

May 1991

[act]

83158

USAF 33 TFS 'SW'

F-16C Block 25B

Jun 1991

[act]

83158

USAF 457 TFS 'TF'

F-16C Block 25B

May 1992

[act]

83158

USAF 112 FS 'OH'

F-16C Block 25B

Mar 1994

[act]

83158

USAF 62 FS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25B

03 Jul 2014

[act]

83158

USAF 309 FS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25B

02 Aug 2022

[sto]

83158

USAF AMARC 'LF'

F-16C Block 25B

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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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