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Aircraft: 81-0665
USAF F-16A ADF #81-0665 from the 178th FS flies a CAP mission over the Nations Capital in support of Operation Noble Eagle on October 29th, 2001. [USAF photo by MSgt Thomas Meneguin]
LM Aero T/V 61-346
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 81665
F-16A Block 15C
Current USAF 81665
F-16A Block 15C ADF
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
27 May 1982 [act] 81665 F-16A Block 15C
Jun 1982 [act] 81665 USAF 10 TFS 'HR' F-16A Block 15C
Unknown [act] 81665 USAF 313 TFS 'HR' F-16A Block 15C
Mar 1988 [act] 81665 USAF 186 FIS F-16A Block 15C
USAF F-16A block 15 #81-0665 from the 186th FIS is coming in for landing on runway 21R at Nellis AFB on March 28th, 1989. [Photo by Takeshi Imagome]
Unknown [con] 81665 F-16A Block 15C ADF
Jun 1990 [act] 81665 USAF 178 FIS F-16A Block 15C ADF
15 Mar 1992 [act] 81665 USAF 178 FS F-16A Block 15C ADF
Unknown [act] 81665 USAF 178 FS 'ND' F-16A Block 15C ADF
USAF F-16A ADF #81-0665 of the 178th FS taxiing by the camera after performing a training mission.  [Photo by Frank Ertl]
20 Nov 2006 [sto] AAFG0515 USAF AMARC 'ND' F-16A Block 15C ADF
USAF F-16A ADF #81-0665 flew with the 178th FS untill November 20th, 2006 when it was transferred to AMARC, photographed there on February 22nd, 2007. [Photo by Philip Kovaric]
19 Dec 2017 [scr] 81665 F-16A Block 15C ADF
Scrapped at HFV West in Tucson.

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SMSgt. Ronald Halvorson

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120th Fighter Wing , -
Crew Chief from 1988 to 1990
USAF-ANG-186-FS

SMSgt. Ronald Halvorson

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186th Fighter Squadron "Charlie Chicken/Vigilantes" , 1988 - 1992
This was the cleanest aircraft in the fleet. We traded it to Fargo ND for 81-0784 because 81-0665 was at depot.


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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