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Aircraft History
Date
Status
Local S/N
Airforce/Unit
Version
Name
Info
08 Nov 1988
[act]
87293
F-16C
Block 32H
09 Nov 1988
[act]
87293
USAF FWS
'WA'
F-16C
Block 32H
Unknown
[act]
87293
USAF 422 TES
'WA'
F-16C
Block 32H
Unknown
[act]
87293
USAF USAF ADS
F-16C
Block 32H
Special characteristics:
Display team: Thunderbirds
Thunderbird single-seater in the 1992 season. Was the first number 1 untill its accident. Was probably replaced by F-16C #87-0303.
17 Jun 1992
[msh]
87293
USAF USAF ADS
F-16C
Block 32H
The aircraft, which was the number one Thunderbird, was badly damaged at Selfridge ANGB. A person drove his vehicle into the side of the Thunderbird F-16 at 70 miles per hour in what was later determined as a suicide. The crash tore out the port main undercarriage of the aircraft, and the aircraft was pushed 14 feet into another Thunderbird F-16C causing damage. The driver did not survive, and the time of the accident was about three in the morning. The aircraft was repaired at Ogden ALC and completed by April 1993. After its repair it was returned to Nellis AFB.
Went TDY to the factory to do the acceptance inspection.
Shortly after I left for Korea, my baby was slected to become the #1 Thunderbird as they phased out their current modles. A very strange thing happened to her and we were united again in 1991.
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
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