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Aircraft: 87-0244
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0244 from 170 FS of the Illinois ANG on take-off from Scott AFB on July 28th, 1995. [Photo by <a href="http://www.modelingmadness.com" target="new">Scott Van Aken</a>]
 LM Aero T/V 5C-505
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 87244
F-16C Block 30F
Current USAF 87244
F-16C Block 30F
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
12 Aug 1988 [act] 87244 F-16C Block 30F
Sep 1988 [act] 87244 USAF 614 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0244 of the 614th TFS is seen here at the 1989 Open House at Lakenheath Airbase. [Ed Groenendijk collection]
Nov 1990 [act] 87244 USAF 614 TFS 'TJ' F-16C Block 30F
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 58 missions
Feb 1992 [act] 87244 USAF 512 FS 'RS' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0244 from the 512th FS is departing from runway 21R at Nellis AFB on July 28th, 1992 carrying 6 Mk.82 bombs. [Photo by Takeshi Imagome]
May 1994 [act] 87244 USAF 170 FS 'SI' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0244 from the 170th FS is flaring for landing at Lakenheath AB on June 16th, 2005. [<a href="http://www.airsceneuk.co.uk/" target="new">Airsceneuk</a> photo by Matthew Clements]
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 170 FS
Dec 2008 [act] 87244 USAF 18 AGRS 'AK' F-16C Block 30F
Apr 2010 [act] 87244 USAF 93 FS 'FM' F-16C Block 30F
USAF F-16C block 30s #86-0265 and #87-0244 from the 93rd FS are flying home after participating in a Red Flag Exercise on February 6th, 2010. [Photo by TSgt. Bucky Parrish]

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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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