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Aircraft: 87-0318
LM Aero T/V 5C-579
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 87318
F-16C Block 30J
Current USAF 87318
F-16C Block 30J
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
14 Feb 1989 [act] 87318 F-16C Block 30J
Mar 1989 [act] 87318 USAF 36 TFS 'OS' F-16C Block 30J
Nov 1992 [act] 87318 USAF 14 FS 'MJ' F-16C Block 30J
Aug 1995 [act] 87318 USAF 522 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30J
15 Mar 1998 [act] 87318 USAF 522 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30J
Deployment: Southern Watch

On loan to the 523rd FS for the deployment
May 1998 [act] 87318 USAF 522 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30J
Apr 2001 [act] 87318 USAF 523 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30J
Dec 2001 [act] 87318 USAF 523 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30J
Deployment: Southern Watch

Feb 2002 [act] 87318 USAF 523 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30J
May 2007 [act] 87318 USAF 176 FS F-16C Block 30J

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SSgt. Chris Coyne

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523rd Fighter Squadron "Crusaders" , 2000 - 2004

MSgt. Kenneth Goldsby

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8th Fighter Wing "Wolf Pack" , 1989 - 1990

TSgt. Brandon Morris

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80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats" , -

SSgt. Jeffrey Curtis

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523rd Fighter Squadron "Crusaders" , 2006 -


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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