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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 15 ADF Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0605 USAF
    Construction Number:61-326
    Latest Owner or Location:North Dakota ANG - 119TH FG, Fargo, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15B.

    22 April 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0605.

    10 May 1982

    To 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, FRG.
    Markings added: HR

    June 1987

    Transferred to 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Montana ANG, Great Falls ANGB, MT.
    Operated with markings: Montana, Big Sky Country

    15 October 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.

    Circa 1990

    Converted to a F-16A Block 15 ADF.

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 186th FS, 120th FG, Montana ANG, Great Falls ANGB, MT.
    Operated with markings: Montana, Big Sky Country

    2 July 1996

    Crashed.
    The aircraft crashed on the runway. It suffered fuselage damage from skidding 3,000 feet down the runway. Repaired for display at Great Falls.

    2 July 1996

    Written off.

    August 1996

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    August 1996

    Placed on display with 120th AW, Montana ANG, Great Falls, MT.
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    August 1998

    Placed on display with North Dakota ANG-119th FG, Fargo, ND.
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    From By August 1998 to 2007

    Markings Applied: 82-1012, The Happy Hooligans
    False serial number of a real F-16A tail # assigned to the 178th FS.

    24 July 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Formerly displayed in the 119th Wings Heritage Airpark, this A model Viper is now used as an egress trainer for ANG firefighters and medical personnel.
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     Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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