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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 32C Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:86-0315 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-421
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 32C sn 86-0315 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:121st Fighter Squadron, 113th Operations Group (ANG), JB Andrews, DC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 32C.

    14 January 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 86-0315.

    February 1988

    Transferred to 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.
    Operated with markings: TJ

    November 1990

    Transferred to 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.
    Operated with markings: TJ

    From November 1990 to Circa February 1991

    Flew 44 missions in support of Operation Desert Storm.

    By May 1992

    Transferred to 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany.
    Operated with markings: RS

    23 May 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-16C Falcon of 526th Fighter Squadron/86th Fighter Wing based at Ramstein on static display at the 1992 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    September 1996

    Transferred to 162nd Fighter Squadron, 178th Fighter Wing (ANG), Springfield, OH.
    Operated with markings: OH

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright-Patterson AFB, OH during the 100th Anniversary of Flight open house.

    September 2010

    Transferred to 416th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED

    December 2011

    Transferred to 445th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED, 4454 FLTS

    March 2014

    Markings Applied: ED

    1 May 2015

    Transferred to 416th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED

    August 2019

    Transferred to 121st Fighter Squadron, 113th Operations Group (ANG), JB Andrews, DC.
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Lawson
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