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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 50B Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:90-0831 USAF
    Construction Number:CC-31
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 50B sn 90-0831 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:179th FS, 148th FW, Minnesota ANG, Duluth IAP, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 50B.

    21 May 1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 90-0831.

    June 1993

    To 22nd FS, 52nd FW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
    Markings added: SP

    24 July 1993


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-16C Falcon, callsign Rust 01, of 22nd Fighter Squadron/52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem on display at the 1993 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    January 1999

    Deployed during Operation Northern Watch. Wore 6 HARM mission markings.

    27 May 2010

    Transferred to 179th FS, 148th FW, Minnesota ANG, Duluth IAP, MN.
    Operated with markings: DULUTH, 148th FW

    22 September 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photographed at the Duluth Air Show.

    3 April 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Leeuwarden, Netherlands

    4 April 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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