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Airframe Details for F-16 #88-0530

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Aircraft: 88-0530
LM Aero T/V 1C-132
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88530
F-16C Block 42D
Current USAF 88530
F-16C Block 42D
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
31 May 1990 [act] 88530 F-16C Block 42D
27 Jun 1990 [act] 88530 USAF 36 TFS 'OS' F-16C Block 42D
01 Oct 1991 [act] 88530 USAF 36 FS 'OS' F-16C Block 42D
Oct 1993 [act] 88530 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
25 Jun 2007 [act] 88530 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom

One of two aircraft sent later than the rest to replace the aircraft lost on June 16, 2007.
Unknown [act] 88530 USAF 125 FS 'OK' F-16C Block 42D
Apr 2012 [act] 88530 USAF AATC 'AT' F-16C Block 42D

Crew Chief Comments

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TSgt. Timothy Austin

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138th Fighter Wing , 1999 - 2008
I was a traditional guardsmen and was assigned as the ACC on this jet. I deployed with her to South West Asia in 2005. She dropped several bombs on that deployment. Loved crewing her.


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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