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Airframe Details for F-16 #87-0008

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Aircraft: 87-0008
LM Aero T/V 6F-51
Plant Fokker
Local C/N L-262
Delivered RDAF E-008
F-16A Block 15AC OCU
Current RDAF E-008
F-16A Block 20 MLU
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
25 Apr 1989 [act] E-008 F-16A Block 15AC OCU
27 Apr 1989 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 726 F-16A Block 15AC OCU
Sep 1998 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 723 F-16A Block 15AC OCU
Unknown [con] E-008 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Aug 1999 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 723 F-16A Block 20 MLU
May 2000 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2000 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 726 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Mar 2006 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Nov 2007 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2008 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
19 Mar 2011 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Odyssey Dawn

Deployed to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily as part of Libya NFZ
Nov 2011 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
02 Jan 2013 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Air Policing Baltic States

Apr 2013 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
16 Jun 2016 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Celebration scheme for 66 years of RDAF.
Feb 2017 [act] E-008 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU

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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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