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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0439

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Aircraft: 88-0439
LM Aero T/V 1C-41
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88439
F-16C Block 40B
Current USAF 88439
F-16C Block 40B
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
01 Nov 1989 [act] 88439 F-16C Block 40B
02 Nov 1989 [act] 88439 USAF 34 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40B
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88439 USAF 34 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40B
Sep 1993 [act] 88439 USAF 74 FS 'FT' F-16C Block 40B
Mar 1996 [act] 88439 USAF 524 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 40B
09 Sep 2006 [act] 88439 USAF 524 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 40B
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
18 Jan 2007 [act] 88439 USAF 524 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 40B
Sep 2008 [act] 88439 USAF 8 FW 'WP' F-16C Block 40B
Sep 2009 [act] 88439 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40B
Jul 2012 [act] 88439 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40B
09 Aug 2016 [act] 88439 USAF 24 TASS 'WA' F-16C Block 40B
As of March 2018, still in markings of Hill AFB's 421st FS.
Feb 2020 [act] 88439 USAF 16 WS 'HL' F-16C Block 40B

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SMSgt. Robert Rentz

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74th Fighter Squadron "Flying Tigers" , 1993 - 1995


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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