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Aircraft: 86-0233
USAF F-16C block 30 #86233 from 107 FS of the Michigan ANG, flying over Michigan landscape during Operation 'Noble Eagle'. [USAF photo]
 LM Aero T/V 5C-339
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 86233
F-16C Block 30C
Current USAF QF-007
QF-16C Block 30C
Status [des]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
12 Aug 1987 [act] 86233 F-16C Block 30C
Sep 1987 [act] 86233 USAF 13 TFS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30C
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0233 from the 13th TFS is seen transient at Osan AB. [Photo by Kevin Patrick]
01 Oct 1991 [act] 86233 USAF 13 FS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30C
Jul 1994 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0233 with the 107th FS waiting for a new flight at Selfridge ANGB on August 3rd, 1996. [Photo by Jon Somerville]
May 1996 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C " City of Gibraltar"
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0233 named "City of Gibraltar" captured on August 3rd, 1996. [Photo by Jon Somerville]
Dec 2002 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0233 from the 107th FS is operated from Incirlik AB on February 27th, 2003 during operation Northern Watch just prior to the start of operation Iraqi Freedom. [USAF photo by SSgt. Jason Gamble]
Deployment: Northern Watch
Feb 2003 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C
27 Feb 2004 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0233 from the 107th FS is operated from Incirlik AB on February 27th, 2003 during operation Northern Watch just prior to the start of operation Iraqi Freedom. [USAF photo by SSgt. Jason Gamble]
Special characteristics:
  • Mission Marks
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Wore twelve bomb markings.
04 Jun 2004 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C
Mission markings remained on the aircraft for several years after the deployment.
Sep 2006 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0233 from the 107th FS is seen preparing for another mission over Iraq during an OIF deployment in November of 2006. [F-16.Net photo]
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Mission markings most likely carried over from the previous OIF deployment.
03 Mar 2007 [act] 86233 USAF 107 FS 'MI' F-16C Block 30C " City of Sterling Heights"
22 Apr 2010 [sto] AAFG0646 USAF AMARC F-16C Block 30C
Apr 2013 [con] 86233 QF-16C Block 30C
Sent to Boeing at Cecil Field, Florida.
11 Mar 2015 [act] QF-007 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30C " Shaken, not stirred..." News Article
USAF QF-16C block 30 #QF-007 (86-0233) from the 82nd ATRS is seen in a maintenance hangar at Tyndall AFB on May 13th, 2015. [Photo by Greg Fieser]

Nose-art for QF-16C block 30 #QF-007 (86-0233), 'Shaken, not stirred...' forming a famous James Bond '007' line. [F-16.net courtesy]
First aircraft from Lot 1 delivered to Tyndall AFB
03 Jun 2016 [act] QF-007 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30C " Shaken, not stirred..."
USAF QF-16C block 30 #QF-007 is painted as the new 53 WEG flagship in June of 2016. [Photo by 82 Zombies]
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 53 WEG
22 Oct 2019 [des] QF-007 USAF 82 ATRS QF-16C Block 30C

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USAF-PACAF-13-FS

MSgt. Jason Johnson

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13th Fighter Squadron "Panthers" , 1989 - 1993
USAF-ANG-107-FS

TSgt. Michael Cottle

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107th Fighter Squadron "Red Devils" , 2003 -


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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