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Document title: Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0404 - F-16.net - The Ultimate F-16 Reference
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Printed on: 09 January 2009
Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0404

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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0404







Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: : 88-0404
LM Aero T/V 5C-618
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88404
F-16C Block 30K
Current USAF 88404
F-16C Block 30K
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
31 Jul 1989 [act] 88404 F-16C Block 30K
Aug 1989 [act] 88404 USAF 26 AS F-16C Block 30K
Aug 1990 [act] 88404 USAF 35 TFS 'WP' F-16C Block 30K
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88404 USAF 35 FS 'WP' F-16C Block 30K
Unknown [act] 88404 USAF 35 FS 'WP' F-16C Block 30K
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 8 FW
May 2001 [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Oct 2001 [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Deployment: Enduring Freedom

Unknown [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Jan 2003 [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Deployment: Southern Watch

Feb 2003 [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Special characteristics:
  • Mission Marks
Comments:
Carried mission markings on the right side of aircraft just aft of the canopy showing 26 bombs dropped during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 and 48 bombs dropped in Operation Southern Watch during build up for Iraqi Freedom which started on March 20, 2003.
Sep 2005 [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Unknown [msh] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Comments:
Ran off the runway at Balad AB.
Unknown [i/a] 88404 USAF OG-ALC 'FM' F-16C Block 30K
Comments:
Under repaire at Ogden ALC, Utah. It is though the aircraft returned to service and was broken again for up to six months, but unrelated to the first mishap.
Oct 2007 [act] 88404 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30K

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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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