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Airframe Details for F-16 #79-0340

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Aircraft: 79-0340
LM Aero T/V 61-125
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 79340
F-16A Block 10
Current USAF 79340
F-16A Block 10
Status [i/a]
TSgt. Brian Card is the DCC and SSgt. Chris May is the ADCC at Aviano AB in 2006.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
31 Oct 1980 [act] 79340 F-16A Block 10
05 Nov 1980 [act] 79340 USAF 56 TTW 'MC' F-16A Block 10
Unknown [act] 79340 USAF 17 TFS 'SW' F-16A Block 10
Apr 1987 [act] 79340 USAF 184 TFG F-16A Block 10
Oct 1990 [act] 79340 USAF 138 TFS 'NY' F-16A Block 10
15 Mar 1992 [act] 79340 USAF 138 FS 'NY' F-16A Block 10
30 Jul 1993 [sto] AAFG0012 USAF AMARC F-16A Block 10
First USAF F-16 to be retired to AMARC.
Apr 1995 [i/a] 79340 'AV' F-16A Block 10
Located at Aviano AB, Italy as BDRT and marked 31 OG.
Jul 1998 [pre] 79340 'AV' F-16A Block 10
Located at Aviano AB, Italy and marked 31 LSS. Modified to fit a F110-129 engine for R/I courses, maybe sometime in 2006?
Unknown [i/a] 79340 'AV' F-16A Block 10
Used as crash recovery training aid at Aviano AB.

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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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Sep 02, 2020 - 04:33 PM
Update for AF 79-0340

Still at Aviano, engine removed, used for emergency crew's training. Photos posted by USAFE command on Twitter https://twitter.com/HQUSAFEAFAF/status/1301164932357066752/photo/1





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