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Airframe Details for F-16 #80-3596

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Aircraft: 80-3596
LM Aero T/V 6F-31
Plant SABCA
Local C/N B-099
Delivered RDAF E-596
F-16A Block 15
Current RDAF E-596
F-16A Block 20 MLU
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
18 May 1982 [act] E-596 F-16A Block 15
19 May 1982 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 15
Jan 1984 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 723 F-16A Block 15
Oct 1992 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 726 F-16A Block 15
Unknown [con] E-596 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Sep 1999 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 726 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2000 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 723 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2001 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Mar 2002 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
01 Oct 2002 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Enduring Freedom

Oct 2003 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Aug 2008 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Nov 2010 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
19 Mar 2011 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Odyssey Dawn

Deployed to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily as part of Libya NFZ
Nov 2011 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
02 Jan 2013 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Air Policing Baltic States

Apr 2013 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU

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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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