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Aircraft: 79-0415
USAF F-16B block 5 #79-0415 from the 465th TFS is parked on the ramp at Tinker AFB in May of 1991. [Photo by Bill Spidle]
 LM Aero T/V 62-47
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 79415
F-16B Block 5
Current USAF 79415
F-16B Block 5
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
15 Aug 1980 [act] 79415 F-16B Block 5
Sep 1980 [act] 79415 USAF 61 TFTS 'MC' F-16B Block 5
May 1989 [act] 79415 USAF 465 TFS 'SH' F-16B Block 5
USAF F-16B block 5 #79-0415 from the 465th TFS is parked on the flightline at Nellis AFB on June 30th, 1991. [Photo by Keith Svendsen]
Oct 1992 [act] 79415 USAF 465 FS 'SH' F-16B Block 5
USAF F-16B block 5 #79-0415 from the 465th FS is parked on the tarmac with its canopy open on March 9th, 1993 only one year before retirement. [Joris collection]
30 Mar 1994 [sto] AAFG0120 USAF AMARC 'SH' F-16B Block 5
USAF F-16B block 5 #79-0415 with its engine removed. Markings show the aircraft belonged to the 465th FS. [Photo by Phillip Kovaric]
06 Jun 2018 [scr] 79415 F-16B Block 5
Scrapped at HFV West in Tucson.

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USAF-AETC-61-FS

SMSgt. Kenneth Isgrigg

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61st Fighter Squadron "Top Dogs" , 1980 - 1982
The crew chief on this jet was Sgt Brenda Medley. I was the assistant crew chief, and this was my first airplane.


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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