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Airframe Details for F-16 #87-0353
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Aircraft:
87-0353
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LM Aero T/V | 1C-4 | |
Plant | General Dynamics | |
Local C/N | ||
Delivered |
USAF
87353
F-16C Block 40A |
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Current |
USAF
87353
F-16C Block 40A |
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Status | [act] | |
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Aircraft History
Date | Status | Local S/N | Airforce/Unit | Version | Name | Info | ||
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31 Mar 1989 | [act] | 87353 | F-16C Block 40A | |||||
Apr 1991 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
Oct 1992 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 39 FTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
Apr 1994 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 39 FTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
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Apr 1995 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 39 FTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
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Sep 1998 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 422 TES 'OT' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
Apr 2002 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
Sep 2011 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
Dec 2019 | [act] | 87353 | USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' | F-16C Block 40A | ||||
Crew Chief Comments
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TSgt. Brad Irwin |
Crew Chief Profile | |
39th Flight Test Squadron , 1999 - 2004 | ||
My first and favorite jet. I crewed her through the full first portion of the conformal fuel tank tests. From when she had just the dummy shapes on, through the Peace Zena III tests with the full comformals, 600 gal wing tanks and lazer guided bombs. Talk about some hot brakes, she blew thermal plugs regularly, they liked to fly her with externals full with lockout keys installed and safty wired in. For eglin guys this is SOP but with 3k extra fuel with conformals it was a problem. Now she has a switch in the cockpit to lock out externals.
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SrA. Patrick McCormick |
Crew Chief Profile | |
40th Flight Test Squadron , 2011 - 2013 | ||
I gotta say I love this jet. Just before i came to Eglin, this jet just got back from depot and was an absolute mess. Shortly though it was back on the line looking good. Felt kinda lucky to get seeing as though it was the only CFT jet we have. It does flutter as well but i have yet to see it. Spent hours upon hours cleaning and meshing parts to get the jet looking good. She flew great from the time I got to Eglin til November when a "certain pilot" code 3'd her for fuel imbalance on approach. Now shes down for a wing change and will return to FMC shortly, after she gets a new paint job that is.
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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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