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Aircraft: 72-1567
72-01567 (#01567), the first YF-16 prototype in the original red/blue/white color scheme. [USAF photo]
 LM Aero T/V 60-1
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 01567
YF-16
Current USAF 01567
YF-16
Status [pre]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
20 Jan 1974 [act] 01567 YF-16 YF-16 Background
YF-16 no. 1 is spotted landing at the end of the inadvertant flight following the high speed taxi trials. Note the bent up outboard trailing edge of the right horizontal tail. It scraped the runway during the severe roll oscillations. [<a href="http://www.lmtas.com" target="new">LMTAS</a> photo]

The right horizontal tail was damaged in the inadvertent first flight of the first prototype YF-16 #72-1567. It was replaced in about three days during which the flight control system was adjusted to compensate for over-sensitive stick inputs during takeoff rolls. [Lockheed photo]
YF-16 Prototype
Rolled out at Fort Worth, Texas on December 13th, 1973. First flight on January 20th, 1974 which is the very first flight of an F-16. It had been moved in a C-5 galaxy 12 days prior on January 8th, 1974 and assembled for first flight. The first flight wasn't supposed to happen, but during high speed taxi trials the aircraft lifted off with the only option for the pilot was to proceed and fly. In the first stages the right-hand stab hit the runway a couple of times creating some damage to it.
05 Mar 1975 [act] 01567 USAF 6516 TS YF-16
YF-16 #01567 taxiing back after displaying at RAF Alconbury on June 28th, 1975. [Photo by Mike Hall]
Accepted by the USAF. During it's European tour in June of 1975 it carried a large 53 on both sides of the intake. On the right side some other markings including what look like sortie marking counts.
Dec 1975 [act] 01567 YF-16 F-16 CCV Background
The first YF-16 prototype was later modified and used in the F-16CCV program (#01567). [<a href="http://www.lmtas.com" target="new">LMTAS</a> photo]
Twin Canards
The first YF-16 (#72-1567) was rebuilt in December of 1975 to become the USAF Flight Dynamics Laboratory's Control Configured Vehicle (CCV). CCV aircraft have independent or 'decoupled' flight control surfaces, which make it possible to maneuver in one plane without movement in another - for example, turning without having to bank. To achieve this, the aircraft's flight controls were modified and it was fitted with twin vertical canards underneath the air intake. First flight in the CCV role was on March 16th, 1976 and the tests lasted till July 31st, 1977. On June 24th, 1976 was damaged when the engine failed during a landing cycle. It was repaired but broken again in a hard landing in July of 1977. This cut the CCV tests short.
Unknown [act] 01567 YF-16
Sent to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio where it was used to test an escape module.
31 Oct 1981 [sto] 01567 YF-16
Dropped from the USAF inventory.
Apr 1992 [pre] 01567 YF-16
F-16A prototype number one. [Compliments of the Virginia Air & Space Center]
Restored to original configuration for display at Hampton Roads History Center, Virginia.

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