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Aircraft: 88-0489
LM Aero T/V 1C-91
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88489
F-16C Block 40C
Current USAF 88489
F-16C Block 40C
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
19 Jan 1990 [act] 88489 F-16C Block 40C
Feb 1990 [act] 88489 USAF 4 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Nov 1990 [act] 88489 USAF 4 TFS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Deployment: Desert Storm

01 Oct 1991 [act] 88489 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40C
Apr 1992 [act] 88489 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 40C
Dec 1997 [act] 88489 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 40C
Deployment: Southern Watch

May 1998 [act] 88489 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 40C
Jun 2003 [act] 88489 USAF 35 FS 'WP' F-16C Block 40C

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SSgt. Alex Johnson

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35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" , 2011 - 2012
Pantons duh!!!

SSgt. Cody Allen

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35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" , 2017 - 2018

SSgt. Josh Sanders

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35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" , 2013 - 2014
Hated this jet on my first tour, code 3 all the time for "porpoising" in flight. Supervision had us change the stabs and bearings 3x before specs finally figured out the gyro was toasted. Second tour, I was assigned to this acft, she was a Code 1, NorK hating machine. Her canopy got fucked up and she now has blk25 canopy fresh from AMARC.

SrA. Jeremy DeVos

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35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" , 2007 - 2007

SSgt. Jon Mangis

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35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" , 2008 -
She is the 35th's only hope!!


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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