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Airframe Details for F-16 #85-1470

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Aircraft: 85-1470
	LM Aero T/V	5C-250
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 85470 F-16C Block 30A
	Current	USAF QF-076 QF-16C Block 30A
	Status	[act]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

12 Jan 1987

[act]

85470

F-16C Block 30A

Feb 1987

[act]

85470

USAF 512 TFS 'RS'

F-16C Block 30A

Special characteristics:

Unit Markings: 512 TFS

Aug 1988

[act]

85470

USAF 512 TFS 'RS'

F-16C Block 30A

Special characteristics:

Unit Markings: 512 AMU

01 Oct 1991

[act]

85470

USAF 512 FS 'RS'

F-16C Block 30A

Apr 1992

[act]

85470

USAF 175 FS

F-16C Block 30A

" Lethal Weapon"

Special characteristics:

Nose Art

Nose Art painted by Jeff Hofer within a year after the aircraft arrived with the 175th FS.

Unknown

[act]

85470

USAF 175 FS

F-16C Block 30A

" Predator"

Special characteristics:

Nose Art

Nose Art painted by Jeff Hofer.

Dec 1997

[act]

85470

USAF 175 FS

F-16C Block 30A

" Predator"

Special characteristics:

Nose Art

Deployment: Southern Watch

May 1998

[act]

85470

USAF 175 FS

F-16C Block 30A

" Predator"

Special characteristics:

Nose Art

Oct 2004

[act]

85470

USAF 113 FS 'TH'

F-16C Block 30A

This aircraft was brought in to replace aircraft #85-1555 which was lost in a mishap on May 17th, 2004.

30 Aug 2007

[act]

85470

USAF 119 FS 'AC'

F-16C Block 30A

Jan 2010

[act]

85470

USAF 119 FS 'AC'

F-16C Block 30A

Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Unknown

[act]

85470

USAF 119 FS 'AC'

F-16C Block 30A

18 Jul 2013

[sto]

F16C 85-1470

USAF AMARC 'AC'

F-16C Block 30A

Oct 2017

[con]

F16C 85-1470

QF-16C Block 30A

Sent to Boeing at Cecil Field, Florida.

Dec 2020

[act]

QF-076

USAF 82 ATRS

QF-16C Block 30A

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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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