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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 15A Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0573 USAF
    Construction Number:61-294
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 15A sn 80-0573 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15A.

    8 May 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0573.

    May 1982

    Transferred to 4485th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: OT

    January 1986

    Transferred to 3247th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: AD

    September 1989

    Transferred to 3246th Test Wing, Air Force Systems Command, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: AD

    1 October 1991

    Transferred to 40th Flight Test Squadron, 3246th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: ET

    June 1994

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 96 ABW/MU, Eglin AFB, FL.

    June 1994

    To Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Valparaiso, Eglin AFB.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Mike Henniger
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