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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 30C Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:86-0227 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-333
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 30C sn 86-0227 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:457th FS, 301st FW, AFRES, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 30C.

    24 July 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 86-0227.

    August 1987

    Transferred to 81st TFS, 52D TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP

    August 1988

    Transferred to 527th AS, 81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters, UK.
    Operated with markings: WR, 14

    From December 1989 to After November 1990

    Transferred to 23D TFS, 52D TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP

    November 1990

    Deployed during Operation Desert Storm.

    December 1991

    Transferred to 149th TFS, 192D TFW, Virginia ANG, Richmond Air National Guard Station, VA.
    Operated with markings: VA

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 149th FS, 192D FW, Virginia ANG, Richmond ANGS, VA.
    Operated with markings: WA

    From 4 December 1993 to 1 January 1994

    Deployed during Operation Northern Watch.

    November 2005


    Photographer: NDANG

    March 2007

    Transferred to 121st FS, 113th FW, District of Columbia ANG, Andrews AFB, MD.
    Operated with markings: DC

    April 2011

    Transferred to 119th FS, 177th FW, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City ANGB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: AC

    September 2013

    Transferred to 457th FS, 301st FW, AFRES, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth.

    6 April 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX.

    From 27 April 2016 to 7 August 2016

    Deployed during Operation Freedom Sentinel.

    23 May 2018


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX.
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     Max Sabin
    Tom Tessier
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