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Aircraft: 78-0107
USAF F-16B block 5 #78-0107 from the 121st FS is passing through Birmingham IAP in August of 1992. [Photo by Gary Chambers]
 LM Aero T/V 62-33
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 78107
F-16B Block 5
Current USAF 78107
F-16B Block 5
Status [pre]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
15 Jan 1980 [act] 78107 F-16B Block 5
16 Jan 1980 [act] 78107 USAF 34 TFS 'HL' F-16B Block 5
USAF F-16B block 5 #78-0107 from the 34th TFS is waiting on the treshold in the early eighties. [Photo by Charles Eberhart]
Jul 1983 [act] 78107 USAF 311 TFTS 'LF' F-16B Block 5
Jun 1985 [act] 78107 USAF 72 TFTS 'MC' F-16B Block 5
Mar 1990 [act] 78107 USAF 184 TFG F-16B Block 5
Mar 1992 [act] 78107 USAF 121 TFS 'DC' F-16B Block 5
15 Mar 1992 [act] 78107 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16B Block 5
USAF F-16B block 5 #78-0107 from the 121st FS spotted on the ramp at Lackland AFB assigned to the Inter American Air Forces Academy in July of 1993. [Photo by Gary Chambers]
Oct 1994 [pre] 78107 'LD' F-16B Block 5
USAF F-16B block 5 #78-0107 is parked on a display ground at Kelly AFB while part of the IAAFA. [Photo by Charles Eberhart]
Kelly AFB, Texas with the IAAFA.
Mar 1999 [pre] 78107 'HL' F-16B Block 5
A static early block F-16B #78107 at Lackland AFB, TX with a retro paint job. [Photo by SSgt Jose "O.T." Ontiveros]
At Lackland AFB preserved, but was at Kelly AFB, Texas in use by the IAAFA for a short period of time after it was delivered to Lackland. Aircraft has been painted in a non standard paint scheme for the 4th TFS that is from Hill AFB. The gear doors were cut around the landing gear so they could be closed with the gear down.

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SSgt. David Gosselin

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388th Fighter Wing , 1979 - 1982
Originally trained to crew F4s so I would have a 5 level upon arrival. Those were on the way out and I did not work on them. Shortly after arriving at Hill AFB I was put into F16 training.
USAF-ACC-34-FS

SMSgt. Scott Hamaker

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34th Fighter Squadron "Rams" , -
I think this jet is on a stick at Lackland AFB, now.
USAF-AETC-72-TFS

SMSgt. Robert Domingue

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72nd Fighter Squadron "Falcons" , 1986 - 1992


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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