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Aircraft: 87-0046
BAF F-16AM, #FA-102, landing with only a load of dummy sidewinders. [<a href="http://www.militaryaircraftcollection.info/" target="new">Military Aircraft Collection</a> photo by Laurent Heyligen]
 LM Aero T/V 6H-102
Plant SABCA
Local C/N B-184
Delivered BAF FA-102
F-16A Block 15Y OCU
Current BAF FA-102
F-16A Block 20 MLU
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
30 Jun 1988 [act] FA-102 F-16A Block 15Y OCU
01 Jul 1988 [act] FA-102 BAF 2 sqn F-16A Block 15Y OCU
BAF F-16A block 15 #FA-102 from the now disbanded 2 sqn based at Florennes AB seen here at Leeuwarden AB on March 25th, 1995. [Photo by <a href="http://www.cavok-aviation-photos.net" target="new">Hans Rolink</a>]
Nov 1995 [act] FA-102 BAF 31 sqn F-16A Block 15Y OCU
Sep 1996 [act] FA-102 BAF 2 sqn F-16A Block 15Y OCU
Dec 1998 [act] FA-102 BAF 349 sqn F-16A Block 15Y OCU
Unknown [con] FA-102 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Unknown [act] FA-102 BAF 10 W F-16A Block 20 MLU
Feb 2005 [act] FA-102 BAF 2 W F-16A Block 20 MLU
Aug 2006 [act] FA-102 BAF 10 W F-16A Block 20 MLU
Nov 2009 [act] FA-102 BAF 2 W F-16A Block 20 MLU
Unknown [act] FA-102 BAF 2 W F-16A Block 20 MLU
BAF F-16AM #FA-102 that is a part of Operation Guardian Falcon flies near Kandahar Airfield on October 11th, 2011. Operation Guardian Falcon, which arrived at KAF in September of 2008, expects to reach its landmark 5,000th flight and 15,000th hour later this month. [USAF photo]
Deployment: International Security Assistance Force
Sep 2012 [act] FA-102 BAF 31 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
May 2016 [act] FA-102 BAF 31 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Wore a tail sticker during the Tigermeet at Zaragoza.
Oct 2018 [act] FA-102 BAF 10 W F-16A Block 20 MLU
BAF F-16AM #FA-102 from 10W is seen during take off from Monte Real AB during an exercise in 2022. [Photo by Nuno Le Freitas]
Oct 2023 [sto] FA-102 F-16A Block 20 MLU
At Florennes AB.

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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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