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F-16 Airframe Details for 85-1557



Aircraft Profile

USAF FY/N: 85-1557
 LM Aero T/V 5C-299
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered  USAF 85557
 F-16C Block 30B
Current  USAF 85557
 F-16C Block 30B
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
15 May 1987 [act] 85557 USAF  F-16C Block 30B
16 May 1987 [act] 85557 USAF 14 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Unknown [i/a] 85557 USAF 14 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Comments:
Used as a spare parts donor during a Gun Smoke exercise due to 3 consequent ground aborts.
Unknown [msh] 85557 USAF 14 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Comments:
Was restored to flyable status but suffered a blow out of the tail section due to a fire during a Cope Thunder exercise. The pilot dead-stick landed it. It took 8 months to repair. Rumors were the aft section of a previously damaged block 40 was used to replace the tail of this aircraft. It was later unofficially labeled a block 35. Any one know the exact date of this mishap?
Unknown [act] 85557 USAF 14 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30B
Apr 1991 [act] 85557 USAF 56 TTW 'MC' F-16C Block 30B
Apr 1992 [act] 85557 USAF 174 FS F-16C Block 30B "Sharp Shooter"
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
Comments:
At some point with the 174th FS suffered damage to the fuselage due to a hard landing.
Sep 1995 [act] 85557 USAF 113 FS 'TH' F-16C Block 30B "Twisted Sister"
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
Comments:
Nose art 'Twisted Sister' because the airframe was bent during a hard landing while with the 174th FS. Art done by Jerry's Graphix.
Unknown [act] 85557 USAF 113 FS 'TH' F-16C Block 30B
04 Mar 2007 [act] 85557 USAF 119 FS 'AC' F-16C Block 30B

Crew Chief Comments

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TSgt. Dennis Reed

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14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais" , 1985 - 1989

TSgt. David Cook

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113th Fighter Squadron "Racers" , 1995 - 1997
We called 85-1557 "Twisted Sister" due to a very hard landing "twisting" the airframe. We considered it a "Block 35", after a engine fire at a previous assignment, they repaired it by using a Block 40 aft fuselage section.



Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [msh] Involved in Mishap [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARC)
[cld] Cancelled order [o/o] On Order T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) [w/o] Write-off
[i/a] Instructional Airframe [scr] Scrapped Photo Available



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