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Aircraft: 84-1253
A 138th FS F-16C block 25 #84-1253 taxies back to its parking spot after a training sortie in the fall of 2001 at Syracuse IAP. [Photo by Jon Somerville]
 LM Aero T/V 5C-90
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 84253
F-16C Block 25D
Current USAF QF-060
QF-16C Block 25D
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
17 Oct 1985 [act] 84253 F-16C Block 25D
18 Oct 1985 [act] 84253 USAF 17 TFS 'SW' F-16C Block 25D
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1252 from the 17th TFS is seen on the tarmac with opened canopy and stabs down in May of 1986. The aircraft was serving as a mount for the East Coast F-16 Demo team. [Photo by Dan McClinton]
Jun 1991 [act] 84253 USAF 457 TFS 'TF' F-16C Block 25D
01 Feb 1992 [act] 84253 USAF 457 FS 'TF' F-16C Block 25D
Sep 1996 [act] 84253 USAF 182 FS 'SA' F-16C Block 25D
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1253 part of the 182nd FS is stationned on the tarmac at San Antonio IAP. [Photo by Mike Kopack]
Mar 1999 [act] 84253 USAF 138 FS 'NY' F-16C Block 25D
Many of the leaves have already fallen of the trees in this late fall photo from 2001. Here is USAF F-16C block 25 #84-1253 of the 138th FS. [Photo by Jon Somerville]
Aug 2004 [act] 84253 USAF 179 FS 'MN' F-16C Block 25D
USAF F-16C block 25 #84-0253 from the 179th FS is coming in for landing at Minneapolis IAP in August of 2004. [Photo by Gary Chambers]
26 Feb 2007 [act] 84253 USAF 179 FS 'MN' F-16C Block 25D
In front of F-16C block 25 #84-1253 from the 179th FS, airmen from the 148th FW pose for a 'family' photograph at Balad AB, on March 20th, 2007. Of the more than 250 Minnesota guardsmen deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, 41 are related. [USAF photo by A1C. Nathan Doza]
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
Apr 2007 [act] 84253 USAF 179 FS 'MN' F-16C Block 25D
18 Sep 2008 [act] 84253 USAF 179 FS 'MN' F-16C Block 25D
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
20 Jan 2009 [act] 84253 USAF 179 FS 'MN' F-16C Block 25D
28 Sep 2009 [sto] AAFG0628 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 25D
Dec 2016 [con] 84253 QF-16C Block 25D
Sent to Boeing at Cecil Field, Florida.
Aug 2020 [act] QF-060 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 25D
Three QF-16s (with #QF-054) from the 82nd ATRS prepare to take flight at Tyndall AFB on August 2st1, 2020. The aircraft evacuated the 325th Fighter Wing’s airfield due to rising concerns over severe weather conditions. [USAF photo by Airman Anabel Del Valle]

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TSgt. Frank King

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17th Fighter Squadron "Hooters" , -


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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