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Airframe Details for F-16 #78-0096
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Aircraft:
78-0096
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LM Aero T/V | 62-22 | |
Plant | General Dynamics | |
Local C/N | ||
Delivered |
USAF
78096
F-16B Block 1 |
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Current |
USAF
78096
F-16B Block 1 |
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Status | [i/a] | |
While with the 421st at Hill AB from '81 - '83, this aircraft suffered from a cronic FLCS problem, had a recurring "P" light tthat couldn't be duplicated on the ground, this jet was a "cann" bird more than it flew when it was with the 421st, in '84ish, the jet then went to the 34th and the FLCS problems came back.
GD sent a team up from Ft. Worth and the problem wound up being a ground stud was not properly bonded so anytime the aircraft pulled any g's in the right direction the ground stud would come loose the light would come on the once the g's went away everything went back to normal.
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Aircraft History
Date | Status | Local S/N | Airforce/Unit | Version | Name | Info | ||
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19 Sep 1979 | [act] | 78096 | F-16B Block 1 | |||||
20 Sep 1979 | [act] | 78096 | USAF 34 TFS 'HL' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
Unknown | [act] | 78096 | USAF 421 TFS 'HL' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
Apr 1983 | [act] | 78096 | USAF 310 TFTS 'LF' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
Unknown | [act] | 78096 | USAF 311 TFTS 'LF' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
Apr 1991 | [act] | 78096 | USAF 85 TES 'OT' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
Oct 1992 | [act] | 78096 | USAF 416 TS 'ED' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
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Jan 1996 | [act] | 78096 | USAF 416 FTS 'ED' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
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Oct 2012 | [i/a] | 78096 | 'ED' | F-16B Block 1 | ||||
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Crew Chief Comments
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SSgt. Jim Blanchard |
Crew Chief Profile | |
311th Fighter Squadron "Sidewinders" , - | ||
leakiest airplane I have ever been around, was severly flight restricted because of it. Cut my teeth on the F-16 with the 311
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TSgt. Thomas Prestwood |
Crew Chief Profile | |
311th Fighter Squadron "Sidewinders" , 1987 - 1990 | ||
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MSgt. Jamie Cabral |
Crew Chief Profile | |
416th Flight Test Squadron , 1991 - 1993 | ||
C-17,GLCM, B-2, F-22 and F-23 photo chase and test. My jet was doing photo chase when the first Lightening now called F-22 Raptor crashed on the Edwards runway. We were watching the 2 jets pass by from the dorms. The F-22 was doing touch and go's. It dissappeared behind a hanger and never came out from the otherside. The pilot lived. Flight control problem. Very lucky it happened while doing touch n go's.
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Sgt. Kevin Kinslow |
Crew Chief Profile | |
311th Fighter Squadron "Sidewinders" , 1987 - 1990 | ||
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SMSgt. James Pons |
Crew Chief Profile | |
416th Flight Test Squadron , 1998 - 1998 | ||
DCC / Expediter
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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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