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Airframe Details for F-16 #86-0237

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Aircraft: 86-0237
LM Aero T/V 5C-343
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 86237
F-16C Block 30C
Current USAF AAFG0665
F-16C Block 30C
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
28 Aug 1987 [act] 86237 F-16C Block 30C
Sep 1987 [act] 86237 USAF 52 TFW 'SP' F-16C Block 30C
Dec 1988 [act] 86237 USAF 527 AS 'WR' F-16C Block 30C
Bort number 16
Jan 1990 [act] 86237 USAF 23 TFS 'SP' F-16C Block 30C
Nov 1990 [act] 86237 USAF 23 TFS 'SP' F-16C Block 30C
Deployment: Desert Storm

Dec 1991 [act] 86237 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C
Mar 2001 [act] 86237 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C " Leader of the Pack"
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
  • Mission Marks
Nose art applied in 2001
Mar 2005 [act] 86237 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C
Sep 2006 [act] 86237 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Flew 40 missions.
09 Dec 2006 [act] 86237 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C
Nose art was removed shortly after returning from OIF.
Jun 2009 [act] 86237 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30C " Sled Dog"
13 May 2010 [sto] AAFG0665 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 30C
Some sources have this airframe having left AMARG in January of 2022. More info needed.

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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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