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United States Air Force F-16 Special Color Schemes

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Found 120 aircraft, displaying 106-120 [Sorted by Unit and Local SN]
Local S/N AF/Unit Aircraft Name Marked Date Details
91379 USAF 79 FS 91-0379 "79 FS" Oct 2005 Details
Tail painted for 2005 Tiger Meet of the Americas.
91379 USAF 79 FS 91-0379 "79 FS" Jun 2021 Details
Special scheme for the 2021 TMOTA.
88454 USAF 8 FS 88-0454 04 Jun 2020 Details
Legacy and heritage scheme applied to tail
89120 USAF 8 FS 89-2120 12 Jul 2023 Details
Retaining the color scheme.
90736 USAF 80 FS 90-0736 May 2023 Details
Tail scheme to celebrate the 70th anniversary of joint operations with the USAF and Republic of Korea.
89054 USAF 80 FS 89-2054 May 2023 Details
Tail scheme to celebrate the 70th anniversary of joint operations with the USAF and Republic of Korea.
89121 USAF 80 FS 89-2121 Sep 2021 Details
Specal tail scheme with Crush 'Em! markings.
80549 USAF 80 TFS 80-0549 Jun 1985 Details
Gunsmoke 1985 markings on the tail.
80578 USAF 80 TFS 80-0578 May 1985 Details
Painted with a yellow and blue banner on the tail with a large wolf head for Gunsmoke 1985. Same paint scheme was applied to 81-0691.
87247 USAF 93 FS 87-0247 "482 FW" May 2014 Details
25th anniversary markings (shark) to celebrate 25 years of F-16 operations within the squadron.
87290 USAF 93 FS 87-0290 28 Jun 2010 Details
Wing flag ship tail painted with special "Mako's" artwork.
85438 USAF 93 FS 85-1438 "10 AF" Apr 2017 Details
91362 USAF FWS 91-0362 Oct 1993 Details
Special yellow and black checker paint scheme that became known as the taxi cab scheme. Painted to mark the 50th anniversary of the Fighter Weapons School.
81679 USAF USAF ADS 81-0679 Unknown Details
Had number 6 attached on March 29th, 1983; number 5 on March 21st, 1984; May 5th, 1984 and March 12th, 1987 and number 10 on March 27th, 1988.
81679 USAF USAF ADS 81-0679 Unknown Details
War Bird

 The only F-16 from the Thunderbirds ever to be made combat ready. The Tbirds are required to be able to make their F-16s combat ready within 72 hours. In 1988, this was put to the test. The ground crew pulled it off with time to spare, except for the paint scheme. The jet flew a combat training sortie and afterwards received the nickname 'War Bird'.

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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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