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Aircraft: 88-0539
USAF F-16C block 42 #88-0539 of the 124th FS away from home at Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 31st, 2005. [Photo by Ralph Duenas]
 LM Aero T/V 1C-141
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88539
F-16C Block 42D
Current USAF 88539
F-16C Block 42D
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
19 Jun 1990 [act] 88539 F-16C Block 42D
27 Jun 1990 [act] 88539 USAF 36 TFS 'OS' F-16C Block 42D
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88539 USAF 36 FS 'OS' F-16C Block 42D
Sep 1993 [act] 88539 USAF 124 FS F-16C Block 42D
USAF F-16C block 42 #88-0539 of the 124th FS is parked on the tarmac at its homebase. [Photo by Mike Kopack]
Mar 2007 [act] 88539 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
18 Sep 2008 [act] 88539 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
USAF F-16C block 42 #88-0539 from the 125th FS prepares to take off from Balad AB on September 30th, 2008. F-16s from the Minnesota, Ohio and Oklahoma ANG are assigned to the 332nd EFS during deployment in Iraq. [USAF photo by TSgt. Erik Gudmundson]
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
13 Dec 2008 [act] 88539 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
01 Oct 2011 [act] 88539 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
A crew chief from the 125th EFS watches F-16C block 42 #88-0539 from his squadron as it arrives in Iraq on October 4th, 2011. The squadron deployed in support of Operation New Dawn and will provide close air support for more than 40,000 troops leaving Iraq by the end of the year. [USAF photo by MSgt. Cecilio Ricardo]
Deployment: New Dawn
Sep 2012 [act] 88539 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
USAF F-16C block 42 #88-0539 from the 125th FS is coming in for landing with brakes opened at Tulsa IAP on July 23rd, 2018. [<a href="http://www.airfighters.com" target="new">Airfighters.com</a> photo by Coert van Breda]

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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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