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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 10B Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:79-0388 USAF
    Construction Number:61-173
    Latest Owner or Location:Hill Aerospace Museum, Roy, Ogden, Utah

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10B.

    30 March 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0388.

    30 March 1981

    To 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Markings added: HL
    Understandably, 79-0388 became the Wing King for the 388th TFW.

    From 26 May 1981 to 26 June 1981

    Markings Applied: 5
    Wore a large black number 5 on the rudder and a slightly smaller white number 5 where the tail code would be. Numbered for RAF Tactical Bombing Competition from May 26 to June 26, 1981.

    15 June 1981


    Photographer: USAF photo by MSgt Don C. Sutherland
    Notes: Caption: Three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft taxi out for a mission during the Strike Command Tactical Bombing Competition held between May 26th and June 26th, 1981. This picture shows F-16A block 10s #79-0372 with no. 6 and #79-0388 with no. 5 on June 15th, 1981. [USAF photo by MSgt Don C. Sutherland]

    By November 1981

    Markings Applied: HL, 79 388 TFW

    March 1984

    Transferred to 429th TFS, 474th TFW, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Operated with markings: NA

    May 1989

    Transferred to 138th TFS, 174th TFG, New York ANG, Syracuse ANGB, NY.
    Operated with markings: NY

    November 1990

    Deployed during Operation Desert Storm.

    15 March 1992

    Transferred to 138th FS, 174th FG, New York ANG, Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, NY.
    Operated with markings: NY

    May 1994

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    May 1994

    Loaned to 75 ABW/MU, Hill AFB, UT.

    May 1994

    Placed on display with Hill Aerospace Museum, Roy, Ogden, UT.
    View the Location Dossier

    By May 1994

    Markings Applied: HL, 388 FW
    Restored to her 388th TFW markings from the early 1980s.

    27 May 2015


    Photographer: Frank Dieterich
    Notes: General Dynamics F-16A Block 10A Fighting Falcon, s/n 79-0388 USAF Hill AFB Air Museum
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     F-16.net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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