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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 10D Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0513 USAF
    Construction Number:61-234
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 10D.

    10 September 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0513.

    October 1981

    Transferred to 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, South Korea.
    Operated with markings: WP

    October 1982

    Transferred to 17th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: SW

    31 July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the EAA Convention, Oshkosh, WI

    October 1985

    Transferred to 72nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 56th Tactical Training Wing, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    6 November 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-16A Fighting Falcon of 72nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron/56th Tactical Training Wing at MacDill AFB, Florida.

    June 1989

    Transferred to 89th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 906th Tactical Fighter Group (USAFR), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: DO, City of Fairborn

    February 1992

    Transferred to 89th Fighter Squadron (USAFR), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: DO,City of Cleveland
    Unit renamed.

    12 April 1994

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FG0142.

    After 15 January 2008

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Loaned to Goodyear World of Rubber Museum, Akron, OH.
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    18 April 2015

    Loaned to Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, OH.
    Arrived by truck this date.
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    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    23 August 2022


    Photographer: Steven Dennis
    Notes: At the MAPS Air Museum in Akron-Canton, OH. Marked as 89-082.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     F-16.net
    MAPS Air Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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