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Airframe Details for F-16 #86-0343

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Aircraft: 86-0343
LM Aero T/V 5C-449
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 86343
F-16C Block 30E
Current USAF 86343
F-16C Block 30E
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
28 Mar 1988 [act] 86343 F-16C Block 30E
Apr 1988 [act] 86343 USAF 613 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30E
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 613 TFS/AMU
Nov 1990 [act] 86343 USAF 614 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30E
Deployment: Desert Storm

Flew 40 missions.
Aug 1991 [act] 86343 USAF 23 TFS 'SP' F-16C Block 30E
01 Oct 1991 [act] 86343 USAF 23 FS 'SP' F-16C Block 30E
11 Aug 1993 [msh] 86343 USAF 23 FS 'SP' F-16C Block 30E
This aircraft was lost on a Deny Flight mission out of Aviano AB, in Italy. Towards the end of the mission, just south of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the engine lost power (stall). The pilot was able to get enough out of the engine to make it to the Croatian.Coast and he was able to eject over a small island in the Adriatic, while the aircraft went down offshore. The pilot ejected safely and suffered no injuries.
11 Aug 1993 [w/o] 86343 USAF 23 FS 'SP' F-16C Block 30E AIB Report

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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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