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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 32J Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:87-0323 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-584
    Latest Owner or Location:Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 32J.

    28 February 1989

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 87-0323.

    March 1989

    To Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFV, NV.
    Markings added: WA

    Transferred to 64th Aggressor Squadron, FWS, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Operated with markings: WA, FWS

    From December 1991 to 2011

    Transferred to USAF Thunderbirds, Nellis AFV, NV.

    By June 1999

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 1

    March 2003

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 3

    By 2004

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 2

    By April 2005

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 4

    By June 2007

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 3

    By March 2009

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 4

    By November 2011

    Markings Applied: Thunderbird No. 3

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Hill AFB, Ogden, UT.
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    By November 2011

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By November 2011

    Loaned to 57 MXG/MXOP, Nellis AFB, NV.

    16 November 2011

    Placed on display with Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     F-16.net
    Jet Photos
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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