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Airframe Details for F-16 #85-1494

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Aircraft: 85-1494
LM Aero T/V 5C-274
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 85494
F-16C Block 30B
Current USAF QF-028
QF-16C Block 30B
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
23 Mar 1987 [act] 85494 F-16C Block 30B
Apr 1987 [act] 85494 USAF 13 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
01 Oct 1991 [act] 85494 USAF 13 FS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Sep 1994 [act] 85494 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B " City of Richmond"
Dec 2002 [act] 85494 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B
Deployment: Northern Watch
26 Feb 2003 [act] 85494 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B
Feb 2004 [act] 85494 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B " Don't make me Angry!!"
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
  • Mission Marks
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Wore 9 GBU, 1 JDAM mission marking and 3 gun strafing markings.
Jun 2004 [act] 85494 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30B " Don't make me Angry!!"
Mission markings remained on aircraft for at least a year after deploying.
Feb 2009 [act] 85494 USAF 163 FS F-16C Block 30B
06 May 2010 [sto] AAFG0660 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 30B
Jun 2015 [con] 85494 QF-16C Block 30B
Sent to Boeing at Cecil Field, Florida.
Jul 2017 [act] QF-028 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30B

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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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