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Airframe Details for F-16 #86-0278

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Aircraft: 86-0278
LM Aero T/V 5C-384
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 86278
F-16C Block 30D
Current USAF 86278
F-16C Block 30D
Status [act]
DCC from 1988 till 1991 was TSgt. Darrell Cason.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
19 Nov 1987 [act] 86278 F-16C Block 30D
Dec 1987 [act] 86278 USAF 35 TFS 'WP' F-16C Block 30D
01 Oct 1991 [act] 86278 USAF 35 FS 'WP' F-16C Block 30D
Mar 2001 [act] 86278 USAF 186 FS F-16C Block 30D " City of Bozeman"
Unknown [act] 86278 USAF 186 FS F-16C Block 30D
Jan 2008 [act] 86278 USAF 186 FS F-16C Block 30D
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

16 Jun 2008 [act] 86278 USAF 186 FS F-16C Block 30D
Aug 2008 [act] 86278 USAF 134 FS F-16C Block 30D
Jul 2016 [act] 86278 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16C Block 30D
Mar 2023 [act] 86278 USAF 195 FS F-16C Block 30D

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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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