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Aircraft: 92-3889
USAF F-16C block 52 #92-3889 from the 157th FS is arriving at NAS Fort Worth on September 9th, 2017 during Hurricane Irma evacuation. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
 LM Aero T/V CC-131
Plant Lockheed - Fort Worth
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 92889
F-16C Block 52P
Current USAF 92889
F-16C Block 52P
Status [act]
Possible mishap involving this aircraft with the 389th FS. Throttle stuck on landing, pilot held the brakes till end of runway at Nellis AFB during a Red Flag exercise. The left main gear caught fire. Fire was quickly extinguished and parts replaced as a class B mishap. Exact date and confirmation of serial is yet to be made with this mishap.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
24 May 1994 [act] 92889 F-16C Block 52P
02 Jun 1994 [act] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P
Apr 1998 [act] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P
Deployment: Southern Watch
Unknown [act] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P
USAF F-16C block 52 #92-3889 of the 389th FS coming in for landing at Selfridge ANGB. [Photo by Frank Ertl]
Nov 2001 [act] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P " Vulture, T-bolts rule"
USAF F-16C block 52 #92-3889 of the 389th FS nose art "T-BOLTS RULE" taken around November 2001 to January 2002 during OEF deployment to Al Udeid AB, Qatar. [Photo by Andy Bauer]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
  • Mission Marks
Deployment: Enduring Freedom

12 mission markings for Operation Enduring Freedom. Art work by TSgt Robbie Leist and SSgt Chad Marks.
Unknown [act] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P
Aug 2004 [msh] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P AIB Report
Returned from a training flight code one in Japan during a TDY. Taxiing back to it's parking spot the aircraft hit a pot hole causing a short in the ECM pod adapter. That resulted in sparks starting a fire. The aircraft was taken apart and shipped back in March 2005 to Mountain Home AFB and repaired by a team from Hill AFB. By July 2005 the aircraft was finally repaired and after a few test flights and scheduled upgrades was back in service. Mishap was graded a class A but was later downgraded to a class B. The aircraft was flown back to the United States aboard a C-5.
Jul 2005 [act] 92889 USAF 389 FS 'MO' F-16C Block 52P
29 Mar 2007 [act] 92889 USAF 157 FS F-16C Block 52P
USAF F-16C block 52 #92-3889 from the 157th FS takes off during the USAF Weapons School exercise on December 5th, 2011 from Nellis AFB. [USAF photo by A1C. Matthew Lancaster]
12 Apr 2012 [act] 92889 USAF 157 FS F-16C Block 52P
USAF F-16C block 52 #92-3889 from the 157th EFS takes off at Kandahar Airfield for a day-time mission over Afghanistan for OEF on July 5th, 2012. [USAF photo by TSgt. Stephen Hudson]
Deployment: Enduring Freedom
23 Aug 2012 [act] 92889 USAF 157 FS F-16C Block 52P
Nov 2014 [act] 92889 USAF 157 FS F-16C Block 52P
USAF fighter pilot from the 157th FS at McEntire JNGB taxis to launch in F-16C block 52 #92-3889 for a training mission from NAS Fallon on November 10th, 2014. [USAF photo by TSgt. Caycee Watson]
Special characteristics:
  • Mission Marks

Crew Chief Comments

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USAF-ACC-389-FS

SSgt. Austin Harding

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389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" , 2004 - 2005
My first jet, basically I was on it for a total of 8 months.
USAF-ACC-389-FS

SSgt. Chip Rutland

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389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" , 1998 - 1999
This was my first Jet. It was not the Flagship, However, everytime the Colonel flew, he flew this jet.
USAF-ACC-389-FS

MSgt. Donald DePedro

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389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" , 1995 - 1997
The war machine. This aircraft always deployed, even when it was a spare. It was a flying machine.
USAF-ACC-389-FS

MSgt. Donald DePedro

 Crew Chief Profile
389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" , 1998 - 2006
Back from the Kun and got my aircraft back. The war machine! Had to leave her in 2001 when I went to QA. Came back as an expediter in 2002 and watched over her again. Now they are going to the Guard and I had to leave the F-16 community.


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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