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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:QF-16A Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:81-0777 USAF
    Construction Number:61-458
    Compressed ID:GD QF-16A sn 81-0777 USAF cn 61-458...
    Latest Owner or Location:82nd ATRS, 53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15G.

    18 February 1983

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 81-0777.

    19 March 1983

    To 612th TFS, 401st TFW, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.
    Markings added: TJ

    11 July 1983


    Photographer: Scott R. Wilson

    August 1984

    Transferred to 4th TFS, 388th TFG, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    Circa 1990

    Converted to a F-16A Block 15G ADF.

    June 1990

    Transferred to 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth ANGB, MN.
    Operated with markings: MN

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 179th FS, 148th FG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth ANGB, MN.
    Operated with markings: MN

    January 2004

    Transferred to 148th FS, 162D FG, Arizona ANG, Tucson Air National Guard Base, AZ.
    Operated with markings: AZ

    May 2005

    Transferred to 195th FS, 162D FG, Arizona ANG, Tucson Air National Guard Base, AZ.
    Operated with markings: AZ

    October 2005

    Transferred to 178th FS, 119th FG, North Dakota ANG, Fargo ANGB, ND.
    Operated with markings: The Happy Hooligans, ND

    December 2006

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AAFG0518.

    9 March 2017

    Converted to a QF-16A.
    Conversion carried out by Boeing at Cecil Field, FL.

    December 2018

    Transferred to 82nd ATRS, 53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL.
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