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Aircraft: 78-0232
RNlAF F-16A block 5 #J-232 on display at an airshow somewhere in Europe. [Photo by Mike Kopack]
 LM Aero T/V 6D-21
Plant Fokker
Local C/N L-036
Delivered RNlAF J-232
F-16A Block 5
Current RNlAF J-232
F-16A Block 5
Status [i/a]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
18 Nov 1980 [act] J-232 F-16A Block 5
19 Nov 1980 [act] J-232 RNlAF 323 sqn F-16A Block 5
RNLAF F-16A, #J-232, on the runway at Leeuwarden AFB on May 11th, 1982. [<a href="http://www.braithwaite71.fsnet.co.uk" target="new">Robs Aircraft Picture Library</a> photo by John Smith]
Apr 1991 [act] J-232 RNlAF 323 sqn F-16A Block 5
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Adorned with tiger stripes on the tail during a squadron exchange with 74 sqn (UK).
Nov 1993 [act] J-232 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 5
RNlAF F-16A block 5 #J-232 from 313 sqn is ready to taxi at Volkel AB to start a training sortie. [Photo by Wim Vis]
Jul 1994 [act] J-232 RNlAF 315 sqn F-16A Block 5
Oct 1994 [act] J-232 RNlAF 312 sqn F-16A Block 5
Apr 1995 [act] J-232 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 5
May 1995 [act] J-232 RNlAF 315 sqn F-16A Block 5
Nov 1995 [act] J-232 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 5
Jan 1997 [act] J-232 RNlAF 315 sqn F-16A Block 5
Sep 1998 [act] J-232 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 5
Jul 1999 [act] J-232 RNlAF 312 sqn F-16A Block 5
May 2000 [act] J-232 RNlAF 306 sqn F-16A Block 5
Sep 2001 [sto] J-232 F-16A Block 5
At Soesterberg AFB
01 Feb 2005 [sto] J-232 F-16A Block 5
RNlAF F-16A block 5 #J-232 is parked in a hangar at the VTOC school. The tail is used from #J-231. [Photo by Sebastian Parie]
AT VTOC school in Schiphol with the tail of J-231.
18 Nov 2016 [i/a] J-232 F-16A Block 5
At Woensdrecht for salvage recovery training.

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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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