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Airframe Details for F-16 #06-0005

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Aircraft: 06-0005
LM Aero T/V WJ-5
Plant LM Aero
Local C/N
Delivered HAF 005
F-16C Block 52
Current HAF 005
F-16C Block 72 V
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 005 F-16C Block 52
FMS Program: Peace Xenia IV
22 May 2009 [act] 005 HAF 335 Mira F-16C Block 52
20 May 2016 [act] 005 HAF 335 Mira F-16C Block 52
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Special scheme for the 2016 Tiger Meet.
Jan 2020 [con] 005 F-16C Block 72 V
Prototype for the block 72 upgrade.
17 Jan 2021 [act] 005 HAF 343 Mira F-16C Block 72 V

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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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Errors and Omissions
Lieven
Jan 16, 2025 - 01:22 PM
More details

The Viper 005 received the first part of the upgrades at Tanagra, where it flew again in January 2021, before it was transferred in the United States for the last upgrades and the certification of the work done by HAI, clearing them to proceed with the upgrade on other aircraft.

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The Hellenic Air Force took delivery of the first two fully upgraded F-16V Block 72 Viper fighter jets during a ceremony at Tanagra Air Base on Sept. 12, 2022. T

The aircraft are 005 and 006 (USAF serial 06-0005 and 06-0006) which were acquired through the Peace Xenia IV Foreign Military Sales program in 2005 and delivered in 2009 to the 335 Mira Tigris (Tigers) and the 336 Mira Olympos (Olympus), respectively, at Araxos Air Base.





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