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Aircraft: 86-0198
RDAF F-16BM #ET-198 from Esk. 730 is taking off against a beautifull Swiss background at Payerne AB on September 6th, 2004. [<a href="http://www.aviamagazine.com" target="new">AviaMagazine</a> photo by Frits Jongerman]
 LM Aero T/V 6G-14
Plant Fokker
Local C/N L-241
Delivered RDAF ET-198
F-16B Block 15Y OCU
Current RDAF ET-198
F-16B Block 20 MLU
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
29 Feb 1988 [act] ET-198 F-16B Block 15Y OCU
04 Mar 1988 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 726 F-16B Block 15Y OCU
Aug 1988 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 723 F-16B Block 15Y OCU
Jul 1990 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 726 F-16B Block 15Y OCU
26 Jun 2001 [con] ET-198 F-16B Block 20 MLU
Jul 2001 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 730 F-16B Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16BM, #ET-198, of 730th sqn, equipped with a centerline fueltank and dayglo dummy sidewinders at Cottesmore AB on July 28th, 2001. [<a href="http://www.airsceneuk.co.uk/" target="new">Airsceneuk</a> photo by Gary Parsons]
Jul 2003 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 727 F-16B Block 20 MLU
May 2004 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 727 F-16B Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16BM #ET-198 in a special color scheme to cellebrate the wedding on Friday May 14th, 2004 between Prince Frederik of Denmark and Miss Mary Elsabeth Donnaldson from Tasmania, showing their official monograph on its tail, photographed during the official inauguration flight on May 5th, 2004. [RDAF photo]
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Celebration scheme for the wedding of Prince Frederik of Denmark and Miss Mary Elsabeth Donnaldson from Tasmania.
May 2007 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 727 F-16B Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16BM #ET-198 from Esk. 727 is parked with opened canopy inside a shelter at Skrydstrup AB on February 20th, 2017. [<a href="http://www.aerialvisuals.ca" target="new">Aerialvisuals.ca</a> photo by John Bennett]
Jun 2009 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 730 F-16B Block 20 MLU
Jun 2018 [act] ET-198 RDAF Esk 727 F-16B Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16BM #ET-198 from Esk 727 is parked in the static display during the PoAF open base on September 18th, 2022. [Photo by Nuno Felipe Lé Freitas]

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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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