USAF F-16D block 42 #88157 from 308 FS based at Luke AFB, flies a local training mission on August 27th, 2001. [USAF photo by SSgt Jeffery Allen]

USAF F-16C block 25 #83154 flying over the Arizona desert near Luke AFB on August 30th, 2001. [USAF photo by SSgt Jeffery Allen]

USAF F-16C block 25 #83154 from 61st FS, banks into a turn as it flies over the Arizona desert during a local training mission on August 31st, 2001. The F-16 is carrying AIM-9 training missiles, a SUU-20 Practice Bomb Dispenser and a 370 gal. tank [USAF photo by SSgt Jeffery...

USAF F-16A block 10 #79-0354 from 61st TFTS parked on the tarmac at Wright-Patterson AFB on July 18th, 1987. [Photo by D.F. Brown]

USAF F-16C block 30 #87231 from 56 TTW based at McDill AFB taxis on the flight line after landing on January 1st, 1999 [USAF photo]

USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0262 from MacDill AFB 62nd TFTS flying a training mission. MacDill AB and all its units were disbanded in 1992-1993 and all their tasks were transferred to Luke AB. [Photo by Greg L. Davis]

USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0286 of the 61st FS flaring prior to touchdown on the MacDill AB runway. [Photo by Greg L. Davies]

A row of USAF F-16C's, with the first in the row being block 42 #88-0517 ready to depart for a next mission above the Arizona desert in the summer of 2000. [Photo by Scott Van Aken ]

USAF F-16A block 10 #80-0528 with 56 FW titles on the tail, standing on a pedestal at Pinellas Park, Florida in May of 2002. [ Modelingmadness photo by Andy Mason]