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Aircraft: 80-3596
PS ZSU F-16AM #80-3596 is pulling some G's after take-off armed with AIM-120 and AIM-9 missiles in an A/A configuration. [PS ZSU photo]
 LM Aero T/V 6F-31
Plant SABCA
Local C/N B-099
Delivered RDAF E-596
F-16A Block 15
Current PS ZSU 80-3596
F-16A Block 20 MLU
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
18 May 1982 [act] E-596 F-16A Block 15
19 May 1982 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 15
Jan 1984 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 723 F-16A Block 15
RDAF F-16A block 15 #E-596 taxiing with a 'dumb' load on one of Aalborg AB taxiways on June 13th, 1990. [Photo by Erik Frikke]
Oct 1992 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 726 F-16A Block 15
Unknown [con] E-596 F-16A Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16AM #E-596 attached to the towbar at Aalborg AB depot after receiving the MLU conversion on April 27th, 1999. This happened the same day as the roll-out of E-180 "Holger Danske" from the paint shop. [Photo by Erik Frikke]
Sep 1999 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 726 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2000 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 723 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2001 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16AM #E-596 taxiing on a Florennes AB taxiway in October of 2004. [Photo by Stefaan Ellebaut]
Mar 2002 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
01 Oct 2002 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16AM #E-596 is flying a mission above Afghanistan in 2003. [<a href="http://www.afterburner.nl" target="new">Afterburner.nl</a> photo]
Deployment: Enduring Freedom
Oct 2003 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Aug 2008 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 727 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Nov 2010 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
19 Mar 2011 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Odyssey Dawn

Deployed to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily as part of Libya NFZ
Nov 2011 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
02 Jan 2013 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Air Policing Baltic States
Apr 2013 [act] E-596 RDAF Esk 730 F-16A Block 20 MLU
RDAF F-16AM #E-596 from Esk. 730 is parked under a tent shelter at Skrydstrup AB on February 20th, 2017. [<a href="http://www.aerialvisuals.ca" target="new">Aerialvisuals.ca</a> photo by John Bennett]
04 Aug 2024 [act] 80-3596 F-16A Block 20 MLU
PS ZSU F-16AM's #80-3596 and #80-3599 are flying overhead during the inauguration of the first F-16s delivered to Ukraine held on August 4th, 2024. [PS ZSU photo]

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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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