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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 10 Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:79-0296 USAF
    Construction Number:61-81
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 10 sn 79-0296 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Florida Air National Guard 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10.

    10 June 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0296.

    13 June 1980

    To 4th TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Markings added: HL

    November 1983

    Transferred to 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire ANG Base.

    January 1991

    Deployed during Operation Desert Storm.

    September 1992

    Transferred to 195th FS, 162D FG, Arizona ANG, Tucson ANGB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: AZ

    February 2001

    Withdrawn from use.
    While at Buckley AFB, CO, it was discovered that there were structural cracks in the airframe. It was left there and used in a limited training role still wearing Arizona ANG markings.

    November 2004

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    4 November 2004

    Loaned to FL Ang (jacksonville), 125 FW/WESO, Jacksonville, FL.

    15 September 2009


    Photographer: USAF photo by Lt. Col. Richard Bittner
    Notes: USAF Caption: Airmen with the 125th FW mount an F-16 on a pedestal at the base on September 15th, 2009. [USAF photo by Lt. Col. Richard Bittner]

    4 October 2009

    Placed on display with Florida Air National Guard 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville, FL.
    Dedicated to the 125th FW on this date.
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    November 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
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