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313 TFS (not 131 TFS)

Served proudly and with honor... trying to contact fellow desert Storm vets..

This aircraft was actually assigned to the 613th TFS and was the flagship for the 401st TFW

Hey I remember working on this aircraft from 1983-1984 I worked the swing shift. 758 was a great aircraft. Sorry to hear it went down.

I was the ADCC on aircraft 84-1394 313th AMU HAHN AB, Germany until 1989 when I PCS'd babk home....GREAT VIPER still flying with the INDIANA Guard BLACKSNAKES..... SRA R. Buchanan

I was the first dedicated crew chief of this jet. It arrived in Torrejon with about 10 hours on it and that "new airplane" smell! I saw it again at AMARG when I was giving some DV tours about 20 years later. Too bad it was damaged during it's time in the AZANG.

Aircraft were assigned to 313th TFS. I was there from 1979-1983.

The F-16s shown in the above photo belonged to the 313th TFS. I was a member from 1979 to 1983.

I was the schedule for the 613th TFS when this bird was assigned there. Nicknamed "The Big Banana", nobody wanted to fly it because of the big yellow stripe down the tail.

This is my jet now at the triple nickel.. it has the air to air kills on the side, but I was trying to receive more "correct history" on the aircraft that I could. Email at afchief16@yahoo.com if you have any

I saw this plane in Kuwait. It was being flown by the New Mexico Air Guard but pilots from Andrews Air Force Base were in charge of it. The control tower was Bangledeshi thats the only person I saw enter the control tower. I saw a F-14 two seater flown by to off duty pilots just outside of that parked configuration of F-16C/D Lot 25 planes. Some retired pilots also flew them one was a Captain and he came in from Spain once in one of them and they had a party on the runway in the parking area and he never flew it again. The quality of the fuel was bad because the airport though new was previously owned by captured people and valuable so the rules were that they were able to stay and prevent the airport from being supported locally. So we didnt have any support and they dont fly well with exported fuel. The United Kingdom supervised the head hanger and the retired Captain was the highest ranking U.S. outdoor hanger personnel. The fuel was bad.

is this 84-0238 or 84-1238?

87-0351 Was my Squadron's Flag Ship when I was the Commander. Thank You for posting the picture.

Thouse are definately 23rd, 408, 419 and 464. I was CC out there when we transferd out blk 32's from Torrejon, SP to these, Blk 50's, if I recall. Got an insentive flight in that one. JB

I can bet you that is Captain Glenda Glick in the back seat on arrival at Zaragoza. I was there when this shot was taken. Tony Tyler Blue Zoo crew chief 1984

That is correct, if it were a bomb mark for every mission, the entire side of the acft would be covered in stickers. We flew around the clock. Every bomb dropped added a sticker to the history

I was the last crew chief assigned to this airframe before it crashed. What happed is the shaft through the fuel pump separated. Fuel wasn't getting to the engine, engine stopped. The plane pancaked into the ground. Pilot ejected safely. I've got some great black and white photos of the parts that had been gathered in the hangar

I was the very first crew chief of this airframe when it arrived at Torrejon AB Spain in 1987. It came directly from the General Dynamics factory in Fort Worth TX with 12 flight hours on the clock. Still had that "new car smell" in the cockpit!

I don't remember seeing anyone flying with Captive AIM-9's during Desrt Shield or Storm. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I was assigned Crew Chief of this f-16 Jet at Spangdahlem AB at the time when this photo was taken.

This aircraft was actually assigned to the 613 TFS.

This was a Blue Fighting Tenth acft, I crewed it in 1988 in the Blue Zoo. We must have transferred it to the 496th at some point.

Date can't be April 1 1992, Desert Storm ended over a year ago! If it was during Desert Shield, my guess is this pic was taken in fall 1990.

the AIM-120 was in service during Desert Storm. They were removed from flight on some configurations due to added turbulance.

amazing squadron and folks like us, just making stuff happen within USAFE. Looking back at all the exercises (local and higher headquarters)...man, we all worked our tails off but wasn't it great (looking back). The weather, seemed to always be rainy or snow, cold as hell but I (like so many others) loved it, it was what the USAF and F-16's were all about. Here's you you Tyler and the rest of the "Zoo Crowd" whereevr they may be today - Happy Thanksgiving buddy - Salute from Tom Wharton - thanks for the cool photos too