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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 30F Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:87-0236 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-497
    Latest Owner or Location:119th Fighter Squadron, 177th Operations Group (ANG), Atlantic City ANG Base, NJ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 30F.

    28 June 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 87-0236.

    July 1988

    Transferred to 63rd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 56th Tactical Training Wing, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    November 1992

    Transferred to 14th Fighter Squadron, 432nd Operations Group, Misawa AB, Japan.

    1 October 1994

    Transferred to 14th Fighter Squadron, 35th Operations Group, Misawa AB, Japan.

    January 1995

    Transferred to 170th Fighter Squadron, 183rd Fighter Wing (ANG), Springfield, IL.
    Operated with markings: SI

    November 2008

    Transferred to 124th Fighter Squadron, 132nd Fighter Wing (ANG), Des Moines ANG Base, IA.
    Operated with markings: IA

    26 May 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    26 May 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    October 2011

    Month deployed, no information found as to return to USA. Flew combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    From August 2013 to After December 2019

    Transferred to 119th Fighter Squadron, 177th Operations Group (ANG), Atlantic City ANG Base, NJ.
    Operated with markings: AC
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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