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Aircraft: 78-0009
LM Aero T/V 61-15
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 78009
F-16A Block 1
Current USAF 78009
F-16A Block 1
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
08 Jun 1979 [act] 78009 F-16A Block 1
09 Jun 1979 [act] 78009 USAF 16 TFTS 'HL' F-16A Block 1
Apr 1983 [act] 78009 USAF 310 TFTS 'LF' F-16A Block 1
Sep 1987 [act] 78009 USAF 127 TFTS F-16A Block 1
24 Jan 1991 [msh] 78009 USAF 127 TFTS F-16A Block 1
Collided with F-16A (80-0536), near Beaumont, Kansas. The pilot, Major Cary Carlin, was unfortunately killed.
24 Jan 1991 [w/o] 78009 USAF 127 TFTS F-16A Block 1 AIB Report

Crew Chief Comments

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MSgt. Louis Cardenas

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N/A , 1979 - 1981
It was great to start at Hill AFB because the f-16 was brand new and we all learned from General.Dynamics personnel. my first jet 78-009. also worked on 78-119 a Belgian jet for a few months.

TSgt. Darren Noble

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309th Fighter Squadron "Wild Ducks" , 1989 -


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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