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Airframe Details for F-16 #89-2072

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Aircraft: 89-2072
LM Aero T/V 1C-225
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 89072
F-16C Block 40F
Current USAF 89072
F-16C Block 40F
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
23 Nov 1990 [act] 89072 F-16C Block 40F
06 Dec 1990 [act] 89072 USAF 68 TFS 'MY' F-16C Block 40F
01 Oct 1991 [act] 89072 USAF 68 FS 'MY' F-16C Block 40F
Apr 1995 [act] 89072 USAF 421 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
Unknown [act] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
18 Dec 2002 [msh] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F AIB Report
Mid-air collission with F-16C (88-0457). Both aircraft and their pilots returned safely to Hill AB. There was $ 1.7 million worth of damage to both aircraft.
Sep 2003 [act] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
05 Jan 2006 [act] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

Deployed with the 4th EFS but remained through the 421st EFS deployement.
May 2006 [act] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
Oct 2007 [act] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
18 Dec 2007 [act] 89072 USAF 4 FS 'HL' F-16C Block 40F
Unknown [act] 89072 USAF 36 FS 'OS' F-16C Block 40F
Mar 2020 [act] 89072 USAF 16 WS 'WA' F-16C Block 40F

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SrA. Zachary King

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57th Fighter Wing , 2020 - 2021
B system accumulator would leak pressure and so people would take it as hydro just being low and would over service it. So on start I would rapidly expel the extra hydro out all over the floor, MLG door and wing tank (if installed)! GOTTA LOVE "SQUIRT!"


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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