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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 15M Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:516 NASA
    Construction Number:61-569
    Last Civil Registration:N816NA
    Latest Owner or Location:National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Edwards, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15M.

    Circa 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 82-0976.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 516.
    As of 24 July 2009 the FAA indicated the registration N516NA had been assigned to a NASA B-57 which had been destroyed. The FAA website did not indicate N516NA has been assigned to this airframe or any airframe other than the B-57.
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    To Lockheed Plant 10, Palmdale, CA.
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    1 October 1993

    To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Edwards, CA with c/r N816NA.

    2008


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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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