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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16D Block 30C Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:86-0042 USAF
    Construction Number:5D-46
    Compressed ID:GD F-16D Block 30C sn 86-0042 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16D Block 30C.

    27 August 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 86-0042.

    October 1987

    To 401st TFW, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.
    Markings added: TJ

    March 1988

    Transferred to 81st TFS, 52D TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP

    Transferred to 23D TFS, 52D TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP

    April 1992

    Transferred to 174th FS, 185th FW, Iowa ANG, Sioux City ANGB, IA.
    Operated with markings: The Deuce

    October 1995


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at Sioux City ANGB, IA

    April 2004

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

    30 April 2010

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FG0666.

    30 April 2010

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
    Row 13.
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    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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