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Airframe Details for F-16 #87-0257

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Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: : 87-0257
	LM Aero T/V	5C-518
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 87257 F-16C Block 30F
	Current	USAF 87257 F-16C Block 30F
	Status	[w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

19 Aug 1988

[act]

87257

F-16C Block 30F

Sep 1988

[act]

87257

USAF 52 TFW 'SP'

F-16C Block 30F

Mar 1990

[act]

87257

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

19 Jan 1991

[msh]

87257

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

Deployment: Desert Storm

Comments:
Pilot, Major Jeffrey Scott Tice ejected safely after travelling 150 miles inside Iraq, but became a POW as the ejection took place over Iraq. It was the 8th combat loss and the first daylight raid over Baghdad. The aircraft was struck by an SA-3 just south of Baghdad. Aircraft 86-0225 was brought in to replace this lost aircraft. Major Tice's aircraft aborted and 87-0257 was the spare for that day. Wreckage was later found by the US Marines who contacted the squadron to see what they wanted done with the aircraft as the aircraft was largely intact. Order was give to destroy the aircraft. Location of the crash site was in a section of Iraq that the US Marines had occupied. Most reports have the two losses of F-16's from this squadron switched on this date. Flew 4 missions before being written off.

19 Jan 1991

[w/o]

87257

USAF 614 TFS 'TJ'

F-16C Block 30F

Canopy of F-16 downed in Desert Storm returns home

Comments:
As of May 2005, the canopy is on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum.

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Abbreviations and symbols:

[act]	Active	[msh]	Involved in Mishap	[sto]	Stored (e.g. at AMARC)
[cld]	Cancelled order	[o/o]	On Order	T/V	LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb]	Embargoed	[pre]	Preserved (museum, gateguard)	[w/o]	Write-off
[i/a]	Instructional Airframe	[scr]	Scrapped		Photo Available

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