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Airframe Details for F-16 #87-0228

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Aircraft: 87-0228
	LM Aero T/V	5C-489
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 87228 F-16C Block 30F
	Current	USAF 87228 F-16C Block 30F
	Status	[w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

08 Jun 1988

[act]

87228

F-16C Block 30F

Jul 1988

[act]

87228

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

Nov 1990

[act]

87228

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

Deployment: Desert Storm

19 Jan 1991

[msh]

87228

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

Deployment: Desert Storm

Shot down in Desert Storm from an SA-6. Combat loss number 10 in Desert Storm. The pilot, Captain Harry 'Mike' Roberts, ejected safely, but was taken prisoner. Aircraft was on a mission to attack the Air Defense Headquarters Building in Baghdad. Aircraft had flown 4 combat missions before being lost.

19 Jan 1991

[w/o]

87228

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

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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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