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Airframe Details for F-16 #85-1491

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Aircraft: 85-1491
LM Aero T/V 5C-271
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 85491
F-16C Block 30B
Current USAF QF-008
QF-16C Block 30B
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
28 Feb 1987 [act] 85491 F-16C Block 30B
Mar 1987 [act] 85491 USAF 13 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Mar 1988 [act] 85491 USAF 13 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 13 TFS
01 Oct 1991 [act] 85491 USAF 13 FS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Oct 1994 [act] 85491 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B
Jun 1997 [act] 85491 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B " City of Detroit"
Feb 2004 [act] 85491 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B " City of Detroit"
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
Jun 2004 [act] 85491 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B " City of Detroit"
Unknown [act] 85491 USAF 163 FS F-16C Block 30B
Did not carry any unit markings.
08 Jul 2010 [sto] AAFG0703 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 30B
Apr 2013 [con] 85491 QF-16C Block 30B
Sent to Boeing at Cecil Field, Florida.
29 Apr 2015 [act] QF-008 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30B
Apr 2016 [act] QF-008 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30B
Used as an electrmognetic testbed at Boeing in Seattle.

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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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