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:F-16A Block 10B Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:79-0403 USAF
    Construction Number:61-188
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 10B sn 79-0403 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York

    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 10B.

    28 April 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0403.

    30 April 1981

    To 429th TFS, 474th TFW, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Markings added: NA

    April 1989

    Transferred to 138th TFS, 174th TFW, New York ANG, Hancock Field, Syracuse, NY.
    Operated with markings: NY, The Spirit of Syracuse

    November 1990

    Deployed during Operation Desert Storm.

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 138th FS, 174th FW, New York ANG, Hancock Field ANGB, NY.
    Operated with markings: NY, 174 FW

    July 1994

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    WFU at Hancock Field ANGB, NY.

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

    August 1995

    Loaned to Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY.

    October 1995

    Placed on display with Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY.
    View the Location Dossier

    8 August 2011


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Displayed at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York

    13 July 2013


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Pre-restoration
    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 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     F-16.net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18317][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - General Dynamics F-16A Block 10B Fighting Falcon, s/n 79-0403 USAF, c/n 61-188[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18317
    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.