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Aircraft: 86-0228
LM Aero T/V 5C-334
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 86228
F-16C Block 30C
Current USAF AAFG0674
F-16C Block 30C
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
16 Jul 1987 [act] 86228 F-16C Block 30C
Aug 1987 [act] 86228 USAF 480 TFS 'SP' F-16C Block 30C
Unknown [act] 86228 USAF 23 TFS 'SP' F-16C Block 30C
Dec 1991 [act] 86228 USAF 149 TFS 'VA' F-16C Block 30C
15 Mar 1992 [act] 86228 USAF 149 FS 'VA' F-16C Block 30C
30 Jan 2001 [msh] 86228 USAF 149 FS 'VA' F-16C Block 30C
Collided with F-16D (#85-1572), but both had landed safely at Langley AFB, Virginia. They were flying at 18:45 hours with night vision goggles over Cape Charles, Virginia when they hit. A wing was taken from the D-model and attached to the C-model so that it could fly home safely. The D-model was taken from Langley AFB by truck to Hill AFB, Utah where it was repaired over the next two years.
Unknown [act] 86228 USAF 149 FS 'VA' F-16C Block 30C
Jun 2006 [act] 86228 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C
26 May 2010 [sto] AAFG0674 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 30C
Some sources have this airframe having left AMARG in November of 2021. More info needed.

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SMSgt. Steve Kausal

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480th Fighter Squadron "Warhawks" , 1987 - 1990
I was the 1st ever ADCC on this jet. we got them new from the factory when Spangdahlem converted from the F-4E's to the F-16C. it had about 16 hours in the forms when it arrived. I had 3 DCC's during that time, a SSgt chick, a SSgt we called "Country" and then some Guy that made SSgt before me, that went on to be a State Trooper somewhere.

MSgt. Dave Chamberlin

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149th Fighter Squadron , 1991 - 1993
The technician I crewed this jet with is now running the Guard F-22 flightline at Langley.


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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