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Aircraft: 84-1238
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1238 from the 163rd FS is armed with an AGM-65 missile for an attack training mission. [Photo by Mike Kopack]
 LM Aero T/V 5C-75
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 84238
F-16C Block 25C
Current USAF AAFG0596
F-16C Block 25C
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
27 Aug 1985 [act] 84238 F-16C Block 25C
Sep 1985 [act] 84238 USAF 512 TFS 'RS' F-16C Block 25C
Sep 1987 [act] 84238 USAF 312 TFTS 'LF' F-16C Block 25C
Jan 1988 [act] 84238 USAF 10 TFS 'HR' F-16C Block 25C
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1238 from the 10th TFS is parked in the static display at Chièvres AB on June 25th, 1988. [<a href="http://www.airfighters.com" target="new">Airfighters.com</a> photo by Henk Schuitemaker]
Mar 1989 [act] 84238 USAF 496 TFS 'HR' F-16C Block 25C
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1238 from the 496th TFS is seen at RAF Lakenheath during exercise Excalibur 89 on March 18th, 1989. [Photo by Mark Saxon]
Unknown [act] 84238 USAF 10 TFS 'HR' F-16C Block 25C
Jan 1991 [act] 84238 USAF 10 TFS 'DS' F-16C Block 25C
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1238 from the 10th TFS is parked on a sunny tarmac with 'DS' letters on the tail indicating Desert Storm. [<a href="http://www.dstorm.eu" target="new">DStorm.eu</a> collection]
Deployment: Desert Storm

Flew 14 missions in Desert Storm. The tail code was for Designated Spare.
Jan 1992 [act] 84238 USAF 163 TFS 'FW' F-16C Block 25C
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1238 from the 163rd TFS is parked on the flightline at Fort Wayne IAP in February of 1992. [<a href="http://www.airliners.net" target="new">Airliners.net</a> photo by Gary Chambers]
15 Mar 1992 [act] 84238 USAF 163 FS 'FW' F-16C Block 25C
Aug 2004 [act] 84238 USAF 163 FS 'FW' F-16C Block 25C
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1238 of the 163rd FS flies through the sky over Iraq during a combat mission in support of OIF on August 16th, 2004. [USAF photo by SSgt. Lee O. Tucker]
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
Unknown [act] 84238 USAF 163 FS 'FW' F-16C Block 25C
07 Aug 2007 [act] 84238 USAF 163 FS 'FW' F-16C Block 25C
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
Unknown [act] 84238 USAF 163 FS 'FW' F-16C Block 25C
20 Oct 2008 [sto] AAFG0596 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 25C

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USAF-ANG-163-FS-new

SSgt. Kevin Andis

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163rd Fighter Squadron "Blacksnakes" , 2008 - 2008
Became assistant crew chief in April 2008 until October 2008.
USAF-USAFE-10-TFS

MSgt. Craig Brown

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10th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Fighting Tenth" , -


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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