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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0444

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Aircraft: 88-0444
LM Aero T/V 1C-46
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88444
F-16C Block 40C
Current USAF 88444
F-16C Block 40C
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
30 Nov 1989 [act] 88444 F-16C Block 40C
04 Dec 1989 [act] 88444 USAF 34 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88444 USAF 34 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Apr 1994 [act] 88444 USAF 555 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C
Oct 1994 [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C
Aug 1999 [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C
Special characteristics:
  • Mission Marks
Deployment: Allied Force

Nicknamed Triple Whore by the crew.
Unknown [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C " Creep'n Death"
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
Unknown [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C
17 Jan 2007 [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
02 Jun 2007 [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C
16 Dec 2009 [msh] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C News Article
Made an emergency landing at 12:30 hours local at Fiumicino AP.
18 Dec 2009 [act] 88444 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40C

Crew Chief Comments

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SrA. Adam Sheaffer

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510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards" , 1995 - 1999
Assigned to "Tripple 4" during Bosnia- Herzegovina conflict.

MSgt. Dennis Blackmon

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510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards" , 1994 - 1996
doing the whole Bosnia- Hersagovina thing


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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