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Airframe Details for F-16 #86-0315

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Aircraft: 86-0315
LM Aero T/V 5C-421
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 86315
F-16C Block 30D
Current USAF 86315
F-16C Block 30D
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
14 Jan 1988 [act] 86315 F-16C Block 30D
Feb 1988 [act] 86315 USAF 612 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30D
Nov 1990 [act] 86315 USAF 614 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30D
Deployment: Desert Storm

Flew 44 missions.
Mar 1994 [act] 86315 USAF 526 TFS 'RS' F-16C Block 30D
Sep 1996 [act] 86315 USAF 162 FS 'OH' F-16C Block 30D
Mar 1998 [act] 86315 USAF 162 FS 'OH' F-16C Block 30D
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 178 FW
Dec 2006 [act] 86315 USAF 162 FS 'OH' F-16C Block 30D
178th FW markings were removed before this December 2006 date but not known exactly when.
Sep 2010 [act] 86315 USAF 416 FLTS 'ED' F-16C Block 30D
Dec 2011 [act] 86315 USAF 445 FLTS 'ED' F-16C Block 30D
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 445 FLTS
Apr 2014 [act] 86315 USAF 445 FLTS 'ED' F-16C Block 30D
01 May 2015 [act] 86315 USAF 416 FLTS 'ED' F-16C Block 30D
Aug 2019 [act] 86315 USAF 121 FS F-16C Block 30D

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TSgt. Jeffrey Neely

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162nd Fighter Squadron "Sabers" , 1998 -


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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