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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A ADF Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:82-0929 USAF
    Construction Number:61-522
    Latest Owner or Location:McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16.

    Circa 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 82-0929.

    27 July 1983

    Transferred to 16th TFTS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.

    July 1986

    Transferred to 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB.

    By June 1990

    Converted to a F-16A ADF.

    June 1990

    Transferred to 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG, Fargo ANGB, ND.

    June 1994


    Photographer: Fargo Air Museum Archives
    Notes: Taken at Fargo ANGB during training for William Tell 1994. 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG. The Happy Hooligans. This F-16 was one of the three 178th FIS F-16s scrambled on 9/11/2001 over Washington D.C.

    June 1994


    Photographer: Keith R. Clarke

    October 1994

    Was one of the F-16A ADF Vipers representing the 178th FIS at William Tell 1994. The 178th was awarded the Top Gun.

    1 July 1999


    Photographer: Christoph Kugler
    Notes: Taken at Fargo ANGB, ND. 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG

    15 June 2000


    Photographer: NDANG - With Permission
    Notes: 178th FS, 119th FW, NDANG

    11 September 2001

    This aircraft was scrambled from Langley AFB, Virginia to give air cover over Washington DC just after the attack. Lt. Col. Brad Derrig was at the controls.

    27 December 2006

    Last flight.
    Flew out of Fargo, North Dakota for McChord AFB, Washington to be put into a museum by Lt. Col. Brad Derrig who flew the scramble on September 11, 2001.

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to McChord AFB, WADS, McChord AFB, WA.

    11 February 2008

    Placed on display with McChord Field, Tacoma, WA.
    Placed on a pedestal adjacent to the Western Air Defense Sector HQ (Washington Air National Guard) at McChord AFB, Washington.
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    12 May 2008

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