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Aircraft: 80-3642
LM Aero T/V 6D-74
Plant Fokker
Local C/N L-157
Delivered RNlAF J-642
F-16A Block 15K
Current RNlAF J-642
F-16A Block 20 MLU
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
19 Jan 1984 [act] J-642 F-16A Block 15K
20 Jan 1984 [act] J-642 RNlAF 306 sqn F-16A Block 15K
Oct 1993 [act] J-642 RNlAF 306 sqn F-16A Block 15K
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Celebration scheme for 40 years of 306 sqn.
Jul 1998 [act] J-642 RNlAF 306 sqn F-16A Block 15K
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Celebration scheme for 50 years of 323 sqn. The aircraft came from 306 sqn because 323 sqn didn't have an aircraft available. The design was altered under pressure of the general staff. The naked female breast was covered.
Feb 2001 [act] J-642 RNlAF 312 sqn F-16A Block 15K
Jun 2001 [con] J-642 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Sep 2001 [act] J-642 RNlAF 312 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
03 Dec 2003 [msh] J-642 RNlAF 312 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Made an emergency landing at Leeuwarden AB after suffering an engine malfunction.
Unknown [act] J-642 RNlAF 312 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Oct 2004 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jul 2006 [act] J-642 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Sep 2006 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Celebration scheme for 55 years of 311 sqn. This scheme was evidently not retained as the definitive colorscheme on roll-out looked very different.
Oct 2006 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Celebration scheme for 55 years of 311 sqn.
Feb 2008 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
May 2010 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: International Security Assistance Force
Oct 2010 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jul 2011 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Deployment: Odyssey Dawn
Nov 2011 [act] J-642 RNlAF 311 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jan 2013 [act] J-642 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Jun 2019 [act] J-642 RNlAF 313 sqn F-16A Block 20 MLU
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Tailscheme to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the F-16 within the RNlAF.
Sep 2019 [sto] J-642 F-16A Block 20 MLU
At Volkel AB.
Oct 2020 [scr] J-642 F-16A Block 20 MLU
Tail is saved.

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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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