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Aircraft: 88-0518
LM Aero T/V 1C-120
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88518
F-16C Block 40D
Current USAF 88518
F-16C Block 40D
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
27 Apr 1990 [act] 88518 F-16C Block 40D
May 1990 [act] 88518 USAF 69 TFS 'MY' F-16C Block 40D
Nov 1990 [act] 88518 USAF 69 TFS 'MY' F-16C Block 40D
Deployment: Desert Storm

01 Oct 1991 [act] 88518 USAF 69 FS 'MY' F-16C Block 40D
Apr 1993 [act] 88518 USAF 309 FS 'SW' F-16C Block 40D
Oct 1993 [act] 88518 USAF 74 FS 'FT' F-16C Block 40D
Mar 1996 [act] 88518 USAF 524 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 40D
Dec 2007 [act] 88518 USAF 34 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Jan 2010 [act] 88518 USAF 34 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Deployment: Enduring Freedom

May 2010 [act] 88518 USAF 34 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Jul 2010 [act] 88518 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Oct 2015 [act] 88518 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D
Deployment: Freedom Sentinel

29 Mar 2016 [msh] 88518 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D News Article
Crashed right after take off from Bagram AB in Afghanistan at 20:30 local after suffering an engine failure. The pilot ejected safely.
29 Mar 2016 [w/o] 88518 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40D

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A1C. Joshua Fenners

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34th Fighter Squadron "Rams" , 2007 -
my first jet

MSgt. David Dods

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69th Fighter Squadron "Werewolves" , 1989 - 1992


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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