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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 10B Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:79-0407 USAF
    Construction Number:61-192
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 10B sn 79-0407 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Arnold AFB, Manchester - Tullahoma, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10B.

    Circa 6 May 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0407.

    12 May 1981

    To 429th TFS, 474th TFW, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Markings added: NA

    June 1981

    Flew at the 1981 Paris Airshow in France.

    September 1989

    Transferred to 89th TFS, 906th TFG, AFRES, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: DO

    1 February 1992

    Transferred to 89th FS, 906th FG, AFRES, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: DO, City of Middletown

    March 1995

    Transferred to 162nd FW, Arizona ANG, Morris ANGB, AZ.

    May 1996

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    May 1996

    To Patterson Field (North Side), Dayton, OH.
    BDR trainer.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to AEDC/TSDC, Arnold AFB, TN.

    October 2007

    To Arnold AFB, Manchester-Tullahoma, TN.
    Dedicated in memory of Maj. Gen. Winfield Harpe, U.S. Air Force. Harpe was on a training mission in Spain when his aircraft crashed, killing him, on Dec. 5, 1988. He was the commander of the 16th Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, at the time. Harpe logged more than 5,000 flying hours, including tours in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
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    28 April 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Arnold AFB, TN, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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