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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 5 Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:78-0053 USAF
    Construction Number:61-49
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 5 sn 78-0053 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Misawa NAF, Misawa, Aomori

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 5.

    13 February 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 78-0053.

    14 February 1980

    To 61st TFTS, 56th TTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Markings added: MC

    Circa July 1982

    Transferred to 72nd TFTS, 56th TTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    September 1985

    Transferred to 466th TFS, 419th TFG, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HI

    February 1992

    Transferred to 466th FS, 419th FG, Hill AFB, UT.

    January 1994

    To Misawa AB, Japan.
    Assigned as a BDR trainer.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    September 1999

    Loaned to Misawa NAF, Misawa, Aomori.
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    By September 1999

    Markings Applied: WW, City of Wenatchee
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