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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 15 ADF Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:82-0926 USAF
    Construction Number:61-519
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 15 ADF sn 82-0926 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:North Dakota ANG - 119TH FG, Fargo, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15K.
    82-0926 was the 1000th F-16 built

    8 July 1983

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 82-0926.

    9 July 1983

    To 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Markings added: HL

    March 1986

    Transferred to 16th TFTS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    July 1986

    Transferred to 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.

    16 August 1986


    Photographer: Brian C. Rogers
    Notes: Photo taken at Carswell AFB, Texas

    19 December 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient ramp

    14 March 1989


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

    14 March 1989


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

    Circa January 1990

    Converted to a F-16A Block 15 ADF.

    June 1990

    Transferred to 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG, Fargo ANGB, ND.

    August 1991


    Photographer: R.B. Greby
    Notes: 178th FIS, 119th FIG, NoDak ANG. The Happy Hooligans. This F-16 wears the special large version of the Roughrider Country markings on the tail. Normal 178th FIS F-16s had a smaller version of this artwork behind the cockpit.

    From September 1994 to October 1994

    Max Sabin comments (14 June 2022): F-16A 82-0926 was deployed to Tyndall AFB, FL, during the 1994 William Tell Weapons Competition. The 178th FIS took 1st place during the event.

    11 September 2001

    Max Sabin comments (21 October 2020): This F-16A Block 15 ADF, as well as F-16A ADF 82-0929, were scrambled over Washington D.C. during the attack that morning.

    4 October 2001


    Photographer: NDANG
    Notes: Taken at Langley AFB, Virginia. Part of the 119th FW Alert Detachment that was there in the late 1990s / early 2000s.

    2007

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

    2007

    To North Dakota ANG-119th FG, Fargo, ND.
    View the Location Dossier

    9 April 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    9 April 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Credits
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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