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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 1 Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:78-0005 USAF
    Construction Number:61-11
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 1 sn 78-0005 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Arizona ANG, Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 1.

    6 April 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 78-0005.

    12 April 1979

    To 16th TFTS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Markings added: HL

    September 1980

    Transferred to 34th TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    1 July 1983

    Transferred to 310th TFTS, 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    October 1986

    Transferred to 61st TFTS, 56th TTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    6 November 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-16A Falcon of 61st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron/56th Tactical Training Wing at MacDill AFB, Florida in November 1987.

    May 1989

    Transferred to 148th TFTS, 163rd TFG, Arizona ANG, Tucson ANGB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: Arizona, 78 005

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 148th FS, 163rd FG, Arizona ANG, Tucson ANGB, AZ.

    October 1995

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    October 1995

    Loaned to Az Ang (Tucson), 162 MXOO, Tucson, AZ.

    October 1995

    To Arizona ANG, Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, AZ.
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    15 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Tuscon ANGB, AZ.
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