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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 25D Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:84-1264 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-101
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 25D sn 84-1264 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Indiana ANG 122 FW, Fort Wayne Municipal Airport / Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 25D.

    19 November 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 84-1264.

    December 1985

    To 313th TFS, 50th TFW, Hahn AB, West Germany.
    Markings added: HR

    Transferred to 496th TFS, 50th TFW, Hahn AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: HR

    By July 1991

    Transferred to 163D TFS, 122D TFG, Indiana ANG, Fort Wayne ANGS, IN.
    Operated with markings: FW

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 163D FS, 122D FG, Indiana ANG, Fort Wayne ANGS, IN.

    From June 2004 to August 2004

    Deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    September 2008

    Markings Applied: Indiana, FW, 358th Fighter Group
    Flew with special markings that honored the 358th Fighter Group of WWII. The 358th FG was the commanding group for the 365th FS, which the 163d FS, Indiana ANG, traces its lineage back to.

    11 June 2009

    Last flight.
    Final flight with 122nd FW before it is given to the Air Force Museum and subsequently kept on base as a static display.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1 December 2009

    To Indiana ANG 122 FW, Fort Wayne Municipal Airport/Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN.
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    6 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Wayne, IN, USA

    Circa June 2018

    Markings Applied: Indiana, FW, 163rd FS, BLACKSNAKES
    358th FG Heritage paint scheme removed and applied with the look it had circa 2004.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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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
    Aerodata Quantum+
    F-16.net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Max Sabin
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