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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0501

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Aircraft: 88-0501
LM Aero T/V 1C-103
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88501
F-16C Block 40D
Current USAF 88501
F-16C Block 40D
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
30 Mar 1990 [act] 88501 F-16C Block 40D
04 Apr 1990 [act] 88501 USAF 34 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88501 USAF 34 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Apr 1994 [act] 88501 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
25 May 2003 [act] 88501 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
12 Sep 2003 [act] 88501 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Apr 2017 [act] 88501 USAF 314 FS 'HO' F-16C Block 40D
Apr 2019 [act] 88501 USAF 8 FS 'HO' F-16C Block 40D
10 Jul 2023 [act] 88501 USAF 309 FS 'HO' F-16C Block 40D

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SSgt. Joshua Keyser

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421st Fighter Squadron "Black Widows" , 2006 - 2011

SrA. Michelle Venable

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8th Fighter Squadron "Black Sheep" , 2022 -

SSgt. Ray Durrell

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421st Fighter Squadron "Black Widows" , 2002 - 2003

MSgt. Brandon Bodine

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421st Fighter Squadron "Black Widows" , 2006 - 2008

MSgt. Scott Currie

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421st Fighter Squadron "Black Widows" , 1994 - 1995
Last Jet I crewed. APG Expeditor (Spider 2) after that.


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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