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Airframe Details for F-16 #85-1453

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Aircraft: 85-1453
LM Aero T/V 5C-233
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 85453
F-16C Block 30A
Current USAF QF-055
QF-16C Block 30A
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
26 Nov 1986 [act] 85453 F-16C Block 30A
03 Dec 1986 [act] 85453 USAF 86 TFW 'RS' F-16C Block 30A
Apr 1988 [act] 85453 USAF 527 AS 'WR' F-16C Block 30A
Bort number '02'.
Oct 1991 [act] 85453 USAF 526 FS 'RS' F-16C Block 30A
Aug 1993 [act] 85453 USAF 526 FS 'RS' F-16C Block 30A
Deployment: Northern Watch
Dec 1993 [act] 85453 USAF 526 FS 'RS' F-16C Block 30A
Mar 1994 [act] 85453 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16C Block 30A
Jun 1999 [act] 85453 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30A
Oct 2007 [act] 85453 USAF 119 FS 'AC' F-16C Block 30A
13 May 2010 [sto] AAFG0668 USAF AMARC 'AC' F-16C Block 30A
Oct 2016 [con] 85453 QF-16C Block 30A
Sent to Boeing at Cecil Field, Florida.
Nov 2018 [act] QF-055 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30A

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MSgt. Jim Greiner

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526th Fighter Squadron "Black Knights" , -


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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