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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 40D Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:88-0497 USAF
    Construction Number:1C-99
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 40D sn 88-0497 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:40th FLTS, 96th OG, Elgin AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 40D.

    27 February 1990

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 88-0497.

    March 1990

    To 4th TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Markings added: HL

    1 October 1991

    Transferred to 4th FS, 388th FW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    August 1993

    Transferred to 311th FS, 54th FW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    October 1993

    Transferred to 74th FS, 23rd FW, Pope AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: FT

    Circa August 1995


    Photographer: R.B. Greby

    March 1996

    Transferred to 524th FS, 27th FW, Cannon AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: CC

    From By October 2001 to December 2002

    Was deployed during Operation Southern Watch when 9/11 happened. Was one of the first aircraft to participate in combat missions during Operation Enduring Freedom.

    From March 2003 to May 2003

    Deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    July 2007

    Transferred to 34th FS, 388th FW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    July 2012

    Transferred to 421st FS, 388th FW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    July 2017

    Transferred to 8th FS, 54th FW, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: HO

    September 2020

    Transferred to 40th FLTS, 96th OG, Elgin AFB, FL.
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