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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0469

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Aircraft: 88-0469
LM Aero T/V 1C-71
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88469
F-16C Block 42C
Current USAF 88469
F-16C Block 42C
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
30 Nov 1989 [act] 88469 F-16C Block 42C
Oct 1992 [act] 88469 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 42C
Oct 1993 [act] 88469 USAF 85 TES 'OT' F-16C Block 42C
Nov 1997 [act] 88469 USAF 39 FTS 'OT' F-16C Block 42C
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 39 FTS
Apr 2000 [act] 88469 USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' F-16C Block 42C
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 40 FTS
Marked 40 FTS in small serial number underneith.
Unknown [act] 88469 USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' F-16C Block 42C
May 2016 [act] 88469 USAF 152 FS 'AZ' F-16C Block 42C

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SSgt. Ryan Galler

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40th Flight Test Squadron , 2009 - 2011

MSgt. Robert Tipton

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39th Flight Test Squadron , 1999 - 2001
Loved this bird! She had a history shrouded in mystery--several years unaccounted for out in the "black world."


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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