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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 30B Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:85-1552 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-294
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 30B sn 85-1552 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:195th FS, 162D FW, Arizona ANG, Tucson ANGB, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 30B.

    20 April 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-1552.

    May 1987

    To 480th TFS, 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.
    Markings added: SP, City of Wittlich

    9 June 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-16C Falcon, callsign Shack 02, of 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron/52nd Tactical Fighter Wing based at Spangdahlem on display at the 1990 Boscombe Down Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Air show.

    July 1990

    Transferred to 23rd TFS, 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP, 52 TFW

    From November 1990 to February 1991

    Flew combat missions during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

    October 1991

    Transferred to 149th FS, 192nd FW, Virginia ANG, Richmond ANGS, VA.
    Operated with markings: VA

    By 1992

    Markings Applied: VA, Bear Necessities
    The nose-art was painted by the wife of the pilot, Lt.Col Bill (William) Campenni. The drawing was a panda bear with a bomb under one arm and an AIM-9 missile under the other, with smaller details of a honey jar and bee. The pilot, Lt. Col. Bill Campenni always carried along a scraggly stuffed panda bear for 20 years and over 3,000 hours. Both bear and pilot are now in retirement in Virginia.

    August 1993

    Transferred to 175th FS, 114th FW, South Dakota ANG, Joe Foss Field, SD.

    August 1995

    Transferred to 113th FS, 181st FW, Indiana ANG, Terre Haute ANGB, IN.
    Operated with markings: TH

    From 9 August 2007 to 14 August 2007

    Markings Applied: 113 TFS
    Heritage markings, including naming the squadron 113th TFS. Special markings were added for pilot reunion held on August 13, 2007 and not for flight. A large heritage patch was placed on the tail and 113th TFS runs down the rudder. The markings were quickly removed.

    September 2008

    Transferred to 119th FS, 177th FW, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City ANGB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: AC

    August 2015

    Transferred to 93rd FS, 482D FW, AFRC, Homestead ARB, FL.
    Operated with markings: FM, MAKOS, AFRC

    12 February 2018


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX.

    August 2020

    Transferred to 195th FS, 162D FW, Arizona ANG, Tucson ANGB, AZ.

    F-16A Block 5 78-0057 is painted as this aircraft as a static display at Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    F-16.net
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
    Tom Tessier
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