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Constructed as a F-16C Block 30B. |
31 May 1987 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-1565. |
June 1987 |
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To 14th TFS, 432D TFW, Misawa Air Base, Japan.
Markings added: MJ |
April 1991 |
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Transferred to 72D TFTS, 56th Operations Group, MacDill AFB, FL.
Operated with markings: MC |
October 1991 |
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Transferred to 72D FS, 56th Operations Group, MacDill AFB, FL.
Operated with markings: MC |
From June 1992 to 2002 |
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Transferred to 174th FS, 185th FW, Iowa ANG, Sioux City ANGB, IA. |
7 August 1993 |
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Photographer: Robert B. Greby |
July 1995 |
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Markings Applied: Supersonic
The Sonic and image on the nose art refers to the Sonic the Hedgehog from the Genesis video game popular in the 1990s. |
May 1996 |
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Markings Applied: Pride of the Siouxland, 174 FS, 185 FW, The Bats 50th Anniversary
Entirely painted gold with black markings, marked 174 FS / 185 FW and had Pride of Siouxland on right side of fuselage and The Bats 50th Anniversary on the left. The commander had always wanted an aircraft entirely painted gold. |
September 1996 |
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Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection |
September 1996 |
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Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection |
By December 1997 |
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Markings Applied: Supersonic
Gold paint removed. |
May 1998 |
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Deployed during Operation Southern Watch. |
By April 2004 |
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Transferred to 138 FS, 174th FW, New York ANG, Hancock Field ANGB, Syracuse, NY.
Operated with markings: NY |
September 2006 |
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Deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
June 2008 |
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Deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
25 February 2009 |
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Transferred to 163D FS, 122D FW, Indiana ANG, Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station, IN. |
22 April 2010 |
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Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AAFG0645. |
November 2019 |
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To Boeing, Cecil Field NAS (formerly), Jacksonville, FL.
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November 2019 |
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Converted to a QF-16C. |
May 2022 |
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Transferred to 82D ATRS, 53D WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL. |
June 2022 |
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In June 2022 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the USAF and the 185th Wing of the Iowa ANG, the static F-16A at Sioux City ANGB was repainted to resemble this aircraft.
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