Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:GF-16A Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0522 USAF
    Construction Number:61-243
    Compressed ID:GD GF-16A sn 80-0522 USAF cn 61-243...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grimes ANG - Iowa ANG - 132nd FW, Des Moines, Iowa

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10D.

    17 September 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0522.

    By November 1981

    To 35th TFS, 8th TFW, Kunsan AB, South Korea.
    Markings added: WP

    By October 1982

    Transferred to 363D TFW, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: SW

    By September 1984

    Transferred to 72D TFTS, 56D TFTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    By November 1987

    Transferred to 62D TFTS, 56th TFTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    6 November 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-16A Fighting Falcon of 62nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/56th Tactical Training Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

    3 October 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1989 photo at MacDill AFB

    By May 1990

    Transferred to 121st TFS, 113th TFW, District of Columbia ANG, Andrews AFB, MD.
    Operated with markings: DC

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 121st FS, 113th FW, District of Columbia ANG, Andrews AFB, MD.
    Operated with markings: DC

    By May 1994

    Converted to a GF-16A.

    From 1994 to November 2006

    To Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

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

    Loaned to Grimes ANG-Iowa ANG-132nd FW, Des Moines, IA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa March 2013


    Photographer: United States Air Force

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    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
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=9761][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - General Dynamics GF-16A Fighting Falcon, s/n 80-0522 USAF, c/n 61-243[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=9761
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.