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Aircraft: 87-0243
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0243 is void of unit markings when spotted here ready to get going. [Photo by Henrik]
 LM Aero T/V 5C-504
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 87243
F-16C Block 30F
Current USAF 87243
F-16C Block 30F
Status [act]
Crewed by Bob Naylor and Gary Berlo in 1988.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
25 Jul 1988 [act] 87243 F-16C Block 30F
Aug 1988 [act] 87243 USAF 614 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0243 from the 614th TFS is parked in a hardened shelter during a TDY at Aviano AFB in the late eighties. [Photo by JM Toms]
Nov 1990 [act] 87243 USAF 614 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30F " The Phantom"
A KC-135R Stratotanker refuels USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0259 from the 614th TFS as two other F-16s (#87-0243 and #87-0244) from the 614th TFS fly alongside during Operation Desert Shield on April 1st, 1992. [USAF photo by SSgt. Lee F. Corkran]
Deployment: Desert Storm

Flew 60 missions
Oct 1991 [act] 87243 USAF 480 FS 'SP' F-16C Block 30F
Aug 1993 [act] 87243 USAF 162 FS 'OH' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0243 of the 162nd FS is being subjected to an engine run at Springfield IAP. [Photo by Frank Ertl]
Jan 2000 [act] 87243 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30F
Jun 2000 [act] 87243 USAF 170 FS 'SI' F-16C Block 30F
Oct 2001 [act] 87243 USAF 522 FS 'CC' F-16C Block 30F
Mar 2004 [act] 87243 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30F
02 Mar 2005 [msh] 87243 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30F
Left main tire blew after rotation during a take off from Alburquerque, New Mexico. Damage also was sustained when debris made a hole in the lower finger brace panel which is important to the the structure. It is thought to be repairable, but unknown if the wing will need to be replaced.
03 Mar 2005 [i/a] 87243 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30F
Inactive till repaired. The wing did not need to be replaced.
20 Apr 2005 [act] 87243 USAF 188 FS 'NM' F-16C Block 30F
An F-16 from the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Fighter Wing, commonly referred to as "The Tacos," prepares to beddown recently after deploying to Kunsan Air Base as part of the unit's Air Expeditionary Force rotation. The 150th FW integrated with the 140th and 120th FWs, each from the Colorado and Montana ANGs respectively, to become the 186th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Becky Nelson]
May 2011 [act] 87243 USAF 121 FS 'DC' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0243 of the 121st FS is taxiing at RAAF Tindal during Exercise Pitch Black on August 6th, 2014. The aircraft took part in both Pitch Black and Exercise Tri-Sling as part of a PACAF Theater Security Package to Kunsan AB and RAAF Tindal. [Photo by Arie Church]

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USAF-ANG-121-FS

SrA. Arie Church

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121st Fighter Squadron "Capital Guardians" , -
USAF-USAFE-614-TFS

Sgt. Jim Tomshack

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614th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Lucky Devils" , 1989 - 1991

TSgt. Aaron Hudson

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113th Fighter Wing , 2010 -
Had to say goodbye to a great ACFT 86-1450 and hello to 87-0243 after returning from Balad in early '07. Still working out kinks and major garbage maintenance from the Tacos.


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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