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Aircraft Profile

USAF FY/N: 88-0495
	LM Aero T/V	1C-97
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 88495 F-16C Block 40C
	Current	USAF 88495 F-16C Block 40C
	Status	[act]
On the left panel on the inside where the tail meets the airframe, there is as Purple Heart painted on the frame. It was painted there after being hit by a SAM on February 27, 1991 during Desert Storm.

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

26 Mar 1990

[act]

88495

F-16C Block 40C

27 Mar 1990

[act]

88495

4 TFS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

27 Feb 1991

[msh]

88495

4 TFS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

Deployment: DS

Comments:
Probable SA-8 exploded near the left external tank area. Fragments from the SAM hit the lower left side of the intake, including right through the intake. Left wing had a 2x3 inch hole and the main wing root had damage underneith. Stabilizers were peppered as well as the exhaust tail feathers. Part of the radome was also sheared off, but that damage was done during the crash landing at Rafha, Saudi Arabia when the nose gear would not extend. Major Ed "Spot" Schumacher was a pilot who was visiting from the Fighter Weapons School and had deployed to Desert Storm with the 4th TFS. Aircraft returned to Hill AFB in a crate from Dahrain AB.

01 Oct 1991

[act]

88495

4 FS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

Unknown

[act]

88495

4 FS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

Special characteristics:

Unit Markings: 4 FS

Comments:
At some point was marked CLSS

Unknown

[act]

88495

4 FS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

Oct 2000

[act]

88495

4 FS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

Special characteristics:

Unit Markings: 4 FS

Oct 2007

[act]

88495

4 FS 'HL'

F-16C Block 40C

Special characteristics:

Unit Markings: 4 FS

Deployment: OIF

Crew Chief Comments

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	SSgt. Scott Gandy	Crew Chief Profile
	649 CLSS , 1991 - 1992
	On crew rebuilding after damage from SA-2 hit over Iraq

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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Errors and Omissions

Beeman
Mar 10, 2008 - 03:11 AM

First Rebuild

I was assigned to the 649CLSS, and got to basically rewire this jet from nose to tail, we put a new intake on it. I worked this bird through flight test all the way until it went back to the 388th.

Dave

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