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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0457

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Aircraft: 88-0457
LM Aero T/V 1C-59
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88457
F-16C Block 40C
Current USAF 88457
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] 88457 F-16C Block 40C
Dec 1989 [act] 88457 USAF 4 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Nov 1990 [act] 88457 USAF 4 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Deployment: Desert Storm
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88457 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Apr 1993 [act] 88457 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 40C
Aug 1995 [act] 88457 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
18 Dec 2002 [msh] 88457 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C AIB Report
Mid-air collission with F-16C (89-2072). Both aircraft and their pilots returned safely to Hill AB. There was $ 1.7 million worth of damage to both aircraft.
Unknown [act] 88457 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Feb 2017 [act] 88457 USAF 54 FG 'HO' F-16C Block 40C
20 Oct 2023 [act] 88457 USAF 163 FS 'IN' F-16C Block 40C

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SSgt. Lucas Inboden

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Viper West , 2008 - 2009

SSgt. Drake Keske

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388th Fighter Wing , -


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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