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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 10C Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0493 USAF
    Construction Number:61-214
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 10C sn 80-0493 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10C.

    10 July 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0493.

    8 September 1981

    To 8th TFW, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.
    Markings added: WP

    October 1982

    Transferred to 19th TFS, 363D TFW, Shaw Air Force Base, SC.
    Operated with markings: SW

    September 1984

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

    September 1988

    Transferred to 184th TFG, Kansas ANG, McConnell AFB, KS.
    Operated with markings: Kansas Jayhawks

    September 1988


    Photographer: Jerry Geer
    Notes: Photo taken at McConnell AFB, Kansas

    September 1989

    Transferred to 465th TFS, 507th TFG, AFRES, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: SH

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 465th FS, 507th OG, AFRES, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: SH

    May 1992

    Transferred to 138th FS, 174th FG, New York ANG, Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, NY.
    Operated with markings: NY, The Boys from Syracuse

    August 1993

    Transferred to 466th FS, 388th FG, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HI

    June 1994

    Transferred to 89th FS, 906th FG, AFRES, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: DO

    8 July 1994

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AAFG0179.

    7 April 2021

    Scrapped.
    Reduced at Lamb Depollution, AZ.
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