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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 32D Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:86-0291 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-397
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 32D sn 86-0291 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 32D.

    14 December 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 86-0291.

    15 December 1987

    To 302D TFS, 944th TFW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Markings added: LR, AFRES

    Circa March 1988


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photo taken at Luke AFB, AZ.

    1 February 1992

    Transferred to 302D FS, 944th OG, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: 944 FG

    May 1997

    Markings Applied: By Request II
    Special markings for USAFs 50th in 1997 and to commemorate the Tuskegee Airmen. The tail was painted bright red. Intake also had bright paint. The name By ReQuest was on the commanders P-51 in WWII.

    From July 2006 to April 2007

    Markings Applied: By Request II
    Was repainted again with the red tail. Markings were almost identical to the 1997 anniversary markings, except the words 50th Anniversary were not on the fuselage. One of the last group of three to leave the 944th FW.

    12 February 2007

    Transferred to 64th AGRS, 57th Adversary Tactics Group, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Operated with markings: WA, 91

    28 January 2021

    Last flight.

    By June 2023

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    26 June 2023

    To Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV.
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    By 26 June 2023

    Markings Applied: 64 AGRS, 64
    Repainted to resemble the Red Eagles of the 4477th Test and Evaluation Flight, the original aggressor squadron from the Cold War era to train U.S. pilots in fighting enemy style aircraft.

    The F-16A Block 10 (s/n 79-0327) on display at Luke AFB, AZ, is marked as this jet in its Tuskegee Airman tribute scheme.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    5 August 2024


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    5 August 2024


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    5 August 2024


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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    F-16.net
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     Mike Lawson
    Max Sabin
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