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Aircraft History
Date
Status
Local S/N
Airforce/Unit
Version
Name
Info
05 Mar 1986
[act]
84300
F-16C Block 25E
06 Mar 1986
[act]
84300
86 TFW 'RS'
F-16C Block 25E
Oct 1986
[act]
84300
10 TFS 'HR'
F-16C Block 25E
Jan 1988
[msh]
84300
10 TFS 'HR'
F-16C Block 25E
Comments: The aircraft struck a landing light tower during night operations at Hahn AB, Germany. Aircraft was low in the rain at night and was forty feet short of the threshold for the runway. The left MLG was sheared off. It skidded to a stop on the runway and the pilot ground egressed without injury. It was repaired at Hahn and returned to service.
Unknown
[act]
84300
10 TFS 'HR'
F-16C Block 25E
Jan 1991
[act]
84300
10 TFS 'HR'
F-16C Block 25E
Deployment: DS
Comments: Flew 25 combat missions during Desert Storm.
this baby crashed in Jan 1988 when the pilot trying to land at night in the rain turned her into a John deere landing 40 feet ahead of the threshold of the runway. they rebuilt her and she is still flying today.