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Aircraft: 79-0303
USAF F-16A block 10 #79-0303 from the 4th TFS is parked on the tarmac at Bergstrom AFB in April of 1983. [Photo by Gary Chambers]
 LM Aero T/V 61-88
Plant General Dynamics
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 79303
F-16A Block 10
Current USAF 79303
F-16A Block 10
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
16 Jul 1980 [act] 79303 F-16A Block 10
18 Jul 1980 [act] 79303 USAF 421 TFS 'HL' F-16A Block 10
USAF F-16A block 10 #79-0303 from the 421st TFS is taxiing by the camera in the early eighties. [Photo by Charles Eberhart]
Unknown [act] 79303 USAF 4 TFS 'HL' F-16A Block 10
Jul 1983 [act] 79303 USAF 311 TFTS 'LF' F-16A Block 10
USAF F-16A block 10 #79-0303 from the 311th TFTS is parked on the flightline at Edwards AFB on August 21st, 1983. [Photo by Keith Svendsen]
Aug 1991 [act] 79303 USAF 89 TFS 'DO' F-16A Block 10
Unknown [act] 79303 USAF 160 TFS 'AL' F-16A Block 10
15 Mar 1992 [act] 79303 USAF 160 FS 'AL' F-16A Block 10
Jun 1992 [act] 79303 USAF 195 FS F-16A Block 10
USAF F-16A block 15 #79-0303 from the 162nd FW is parked on the tarmac at Tucson IAP in August of 1993. [<a href="http://www.airfighters.com" target="new">Airfighters.com</a> photo by Rainer Müller]
08 Nov 1996 [sto] AAFG0396 USAF AMARC F-16A Block 10
USAF F-16A block 10 #79-0303 wears the colors of its last employer, being the 162nd FW. It was flown into storage on November 8th, 1996. [Photo by Phillip Kovaric]
23 Sep 2014 [scr] 79303 F-16A Block 10

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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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