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Hi,

Does anyone have (or can produce) a list of every (T)F-16N airframe and the appropriate bort code that the individual aircraft carried during its carreer? Of course, every number is welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Greets,

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you check habu2's site Bjorn?

85-1379 30E D (N) NSI GE 163278

85-1380 30E D (N) NSI GE 163279

85-1381 30E D (N) NSI GE 163280

85-1382 30E D (N) NSI GE 163281

Serial# Block Version Intake Engine BuNo

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Ah yes,

I know Habu2's site. And it gives a lot of info about the (T)F-16N. But not the bort codes. This is something different than BuNo's. We have those. The bort codes are the codes agressors wear to give them a Soviet look.

Greets,

Oh...didn't know they were called that...weird thing for me not to know, I know Razz

You're looking for the Soviet-style numbers (usually 1 or 2 digits) on the inlet and/or nose right? That's gonna be tough, as the BuNos are not readily visible in most photos. Hard to match them up. Sad

Yes Bjorn, I did find them.

Okay here they are, there are only 4 of them not including any of the ex-Pakistani ones that just started flying:

(1) 85-1379 - 163278

__________ VF-45 numbered "AD-632" from 1988 to 1989 (AD is tail code, 632 was nose number)
__________ VF-43 numbered "AD-05" from 1990 to 1994

(2) 85-1380 - 163279

__________ NFWS numbered "40" from 1988 to ?
__________ NFWS numbered "46" from 1989 to 1995

(3) 85-1381 - 163280

__________ NFWS numbered "50" from 1988 to ?
__________ NFWS numbered "47" from 1989 to 1995

(4) 85-1382 - 163281

__________ VF-45 numbered "AD-633" from 1988 to 1989 (AD is tail code, 632 was nose number)
__________ VF-45 numbered "AD-625" from 1990 to 1994

Just take a look at these two pictures. Anyone might have the ID.

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_photos_album57-photoacb.html
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_photos_album57-photoacc.html

Greets,

Bjorn, can't help on those photos but these images of the Two Bobs decal sheet might be helpful:

"41" = 163268 (brown)
"42" = 163269 (splinter)
"01" = 163275 (blue)

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links to original images:
http://www.twobobs.net/media/48-038F.jpg
http://www.twobobs.net/media/48-038.jpg

Maybe this will help narrow it down - initial deliveries were split between Miramar and Key West as follows:

Miramar
163268
163269
163270
163271
163272
163273
163274
163275
163276
163277
163566
163567
163568
163279 (TF)
163280 (TF)

Key West
163569
163570
163571
163572
163573
163574
163575
163576
163577
163278 (TF)
163281 (TF)

Based on some more decal sheets I've checked:

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_photos_album57-photoacb.html is 163274 aka "Thor" (the tail art)

also, at some point :
163571 was VF-45 AD-622
163572 was VF-45 "23" aka "Roots"
163279 was NFWS "46"

Question: was NFWS also known as VF-46?

Compromising all info I have, we can come to this list:

163268 NFWS 41
163269 NFWS 42
163270 ?
163271 NFWS 44
163272 NFWS 45
163273 ?
163274 VF-43 00
163275 VF-126 NJ/601
163276 VF-126 NJ/602
163277 ?
163278 VF-45 AD/632 VF-43 AD/05
163279 NFWS 40 NFWS 46
163280 NFWS 50 NFWS 47
163281 VF-45 AD/633 VF-45 AD/625

163566 VF-126 NJ/604
163567 VF-126 NJ/605
163568 VF-126 NJ/606
163569 ?
163570 ?
163571 VF-45 AD/622
163572 VF-45 23
163573 ?
163574 ?
163575 ?
163576 ?
163577 VF-43 03

If anyone has additions to that, feel free!

Greets,

Another decal datapoint: the Hasegawa 1:48 kit has markings for :

VF-126 NJ603 163277
and
NFWS "44" 163271 (already noted)

Based on the sequences I see in your compiled list, 163270 is most likely NFWS "43"

Bjorn, 163274 should be "04" not "00"

I assume you have visited this site???

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(T)F-16N Soviet-Style "bort" codes