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Aircraft: 83-1129
An air-to-air left side view of USAF F-16C block 25 #83-1129 from the 422nd TES armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles in-flight over Lake Mead on June 17th, 1988. [USAF photo by Ken Hackman]
 LM Aero T/V 5C-12
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 83129
F-16C Block 25A
Current USAF AAFG0742
F-16C Block 25A
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
15 Jan 1985 [act] 83129 F-16C Block 25A
16 Jan 1985 [act] 83129 USAF 312 TFTS 'LF' F-16C Block 25A
Jan 1987 [act] 83129 USAF 422 TES 'WA' F-16C Block 25A
USAF F-16C block 25 #83-1129 assigned to Detachment 1 from the 422nd TES seen on the ramp at Luke AFB. Note the 58th TTW patch on the fuselage side. This was seen right after the first of the block 25's were assigned to Luke. The 422nd was assigned four of the 312th TFTS jets for a time to develop combat tactics for the brand new (at the time) F-16C's. [Photo by Kevin Patrick]
Jul 1988 [act] 83129 USAF 422 TES 'WA' F-16C Block 25A
In the late eighties a number of F-16's were painted in the 'European One' camouflage scheme, as this USAF F-16C block 25, #83129 and #83144, and were tested as a possible replacement of the A-10. The proposed A-16 never came through. [USAF photo]
A-16 CAS Trials
In the late eighties this aircraft and a number of additional F-16s were painted in the 'European One' lizard camouflage scheme and were tested in the Close Air Support role as a possible replacement of the A-10 Thunderbolt. The proposed A-16 never materialized.
Oct 1992 [act] 83129 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 25A
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 389 FS
Oct 1994 [act] 83129 USAF 62 FS 'LF' F-16C Block 25A
Apr 1995 [act] 83129 USAF 309 FS 'LF' F-16C Block 25A
13 Mar 2009 [act] 83129 F-16C Block 25A
At Mojave AP with Calspan Bicycle Works.
18 Aug 2010 [sto] AAFG0742 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 25A
USAF F-16C block 25 #83-1129 is spotted at AMARG on September 27th, 2010 while being dismantled before being stored in the Boneyard. [Photo by Mario Michels]

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USAF-ACC-19-FS

MSgt. Rich Knaus

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19th Fighter Squadron "Gamecocks" , 1998 - 1999
Had it just a short period until I was assigned to 84-1229.


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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