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Airframe Details for F-16 #79-0417

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Aircraft: 79-0417
LM Aero T/V 62-49
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 79417
F-16B Block 5
Current USAF
F-16B Block 5
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
18 Sep 1980 [act] 79417 F-16B Block 5
19 Sep 1980 [act] 79417 USAF 61 TFTS 'MC' F-16B Block 5
Sep 1988 [act] 79417 USAF 195 TFTS F-16B Block 5
15 Mar 1992 [act] 79417 USAF 195 FS F-16B Block 5
Apr 2002 [act] 79417 USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' F-16B Block 5
29 Jul 2003 [sto] AAFG0481 USAF AMARC 'ET' F-16B Block 5
17 Sep 2021 [scr] F-16B Block 5
At Lamb Depollution.

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TSgt. Brad Irwin

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40th Flight Test Squadron , 1999 - 2004
POS that Eglin got from the guard. It took us 6 months to get this thing to fly after we accepted it. I was DCC on her for about a year before they sent her to the grave. I hate busses.


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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