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Aircraft: 89-2026
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2026 from the 510th FS is taxiing to the runway at Florennes AB during the TLP session on February 9th, 2006. [Photo by Mike Schoenmaker]
 LM Aero T/V 1C-179
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 89026
F-16C Block 40E
Current USAF 89026
F-16C Block 40E
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
29 Aug 1990 [act] 89026 F-16C Block 40E
30 Oct 1990 [act] 89026 USAF 50 TFW 'HR' F-16C Block 40E
Nov 1990 [act] 89026 USAF 50 TFW 'HR' F-16C Block 40E
Deployment: Desert Storm
Aug 1991 [act] 89026 USAF 69 TFS 'MY' F-16C Block 40E
01 Oct 1991 [act] 89026 USAF 69 FS 'MY' F-16C Block 40E
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2026 from the 69th FS is parked on the flightline at Nellis AFB on November 13th, 1992. [Photo by Keith Svendsen]
Feb 1994 [act] 89026 USAF 512 FS 'RS' F-16C Block 40E
Jun 1994 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
Nov 1999 [act] 89026 USAF 555 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
Aug 2003 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
23 Sep 2005 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
10 Jan 2006 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2026 from the 510th FS is coming for landing during the first TLP exercise at Florennes AB on January 30th, 2006. [Photo by <a href="http://frenchaces.free.fr" target="new">Stephane Pichard</a>]
17 Jan 2007 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
Deployment: Iraqi Freedom
02 Jun 2007 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
Jun 2010 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
Deployment: Enduring Freedom
04 Oct 2010 [act] 89026 USAF 510 FS 'AV' F-16C Block 40E
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2026 from the 510th FS is parked on the tarmac at Aviano AB during Exercise Fighting Wyvern on December 11th, 2023. Exercise Fighting Wyvern was the first ever time the 31st FW executed a full-scale exercise with the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons, the 606th Air Control Squadron and the 510th FS all participating together. [USAF photo by A1C. Zachary Jakel]

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USAF-USAFE-510-FS

SrA. Andrew Lytle

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510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards" , 2005 - 2007
USAF-ACC-69-FS

SMSgt. Kevin Maynard

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69th Fighter Squadron "Werewolves" , 1990 - 1993
I was the assistant DCC on this jet for 3 years. I accepted it brand new from the factory. I crewed this jet in Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
USAF-USAFE-555-FS-current

MSgt. (ret) David Batterson

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555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" , 2002 - 2004
Turned a pile into a champ!


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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