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Airframe Details for F-16 #87-0304

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Aircraft: 87-0304
LM Aero T/V 5C-565
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 87304
F-16C Block 30H
Current USAF 87304
F-16C Block 30H
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
12 Jan 1989 [act] 87304 F-16C Block 30H
Feb 1989 [act] 87304 USAF 36 TFS 'OS' F-16C Block 30H
Nov 1992 [act] 87304 USAF 14 FS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30H
Oct 1995 [act] 87304 USAF 522 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30H
Jun 2003 [act] 87304 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30H
29 Oct 2007 [act] 87304 USAF 188 FS F-16C Block 30H " We Will Never Forget"
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Unknown [act] 87304 USAF 188 FS F-16C Block 30H
Aug 2010 [act] 87304 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16C Block 30H
Oct 2011 [act] 87304 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16C Block 30H
Deployment: Enduring Freedom

Unknown [act] 87304 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16C Block 30H

Crew Chief Comments

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MSgt. Kevin Patrick

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36th Fighter Squadron "Flying Fiends" , 1988 -


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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