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Aircraft: 88-0159
LM Aero T/V 1D-13
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88159
F-16D Block 42A
Current USAF 88159
F-16D Block 42A
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
30 Sep 1989 [act] 88159 F-16D Block 42A
Oct 1989 [act] 88159 USAF 310 TFTS 'LF' F-16D Block 42A
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88159 USAF 310 FS 'LF' F-16D Block 42A
Jan 2002 [act] 88159 USAF 308 FS 'LF' F-16D Block 42A
Mar 2009 [act] 88159 USAF 63 FS 'LF' F-16D Block 42A
Jan 2011 [act] 88159 USAF 309 FS 'LF' F-16D Block 42A
May 2014 [act] 88159 USAF 308 FS 'LF' F-16D Block 42A
Temporarily assigned to the 308th FS when the 309th FS shut down. Markings would have remained 309th FS.
Dec 2014 [act] 88159 USAF 311 FS 'HO' F-16D Block 42A

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SSgt. Chad Alfson

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310th Fighter Squadron "Tophats" , 1996 - 2000

SSgt. Leroy Hernandez

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310th Fighter Squadron "Tophats" , 1999 - 2001
When I was first assigned this acft it was no where to be found, later on I found out that it's 341 bulkhead was cracked. It was down for about 6 months or so. As soon as it was fixed and everything was said and done it flew for its FCF flight and landed code 1. It was a great flying jet and then it went CANN and it was then known as one of the dirty sisters (other acft was a9159)


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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