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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:GF-16A Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:79-0334 USAF
    Construction Number:61-119
    Compressed ID:GD GF-16A sn 79-0334 USAF cn 61-119...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10.

    20 October 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0334.

    21 October 1980

    Transferred to 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Operated with markings: WA

    Transferred to 6516th Test Squadron, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED

    March 1986

    Transferred to 72nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 56th Tactical Training Wing, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: 72 TFTS, MC

    May 1988

    Transferred to 160th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 187th Tactical Fighter Group (ANG), Montgomery, AL.
    Operated with markings: AL

    May 1990

    Transferred to 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 113th Tactical Fighter Wing (ANG), Andrews AFB, DC.
    Operated with markings: DC

    January 1994

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    From May 1994 to After April 1999

    Transferred to 82nd Training Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Sheppard AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: ST

    Redesignated as GF-16A.
    Instructional airframe.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By September 2003

    Loaned to USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.

    Placed on display with USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    26 September 2023


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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