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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16B Block 5 Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:78-0107 USAF
    Construction Number:62-33
    Latest Owner or Location:Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16B Block 5.

    15 January 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 78-0107.

    16 January 1980

    To 34th TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Markings added: HL

    July 1983

    Transferred to 311th TFTS, 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    June 1985

    Transferred to 72nd TFTS, 56th TTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    March 1990

    Transferred to 127th TFTS, 184th TFG, Kansas ANG, McConnell AFB, KS.
    Operated with markings: JAYHAWKS

    By March 1992

    Transferred to 121st FS, 113th OG, Washington DC ANG, Andrews AFB, MD.
    Operated with markings: DC

    By July 1993

    Transferred to Inter American Air Forces Academy, Kelly AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: IAAFA

    By October 1994

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    March 1999

    To 37th Training Wing HQ Parade Ground, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    By March 1999

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 37 TRW/MU, Lackland AFB, TX.

    November 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.

    To Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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