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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:YF-16A Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:75-0748 USAF
    Construction Number:61-4
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YF-16A.

    25 October 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 75-0748.

    From By October 1978 to June 1980

    To 6512th Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA.

    By September 1985

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    September 1985

    To United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.
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    26 September 2017


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.

    By August 2023

    Markings Applied: 84 390, HR
    Displayed as F-16C Block 25F 84-1390 assigned to the 10th TFS. 1390 was shot down during Operation Desert Storm. The pilot, Capt. William Andrews was an Air Force Academy graduate, ejected and became a POW, but was released eight days later after the end of the war. The F-16 was hit by a SA-16 when flying a low-level sortie. Awarded the Air Force Cross for preventing missile shooters from getting a wingman. A UH-60A (78-23015) was shot down trying to rescue the F-16 pilot. Five of its crew died while three where taken prisoner.

    27 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Sporting a new paint job.

    27 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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