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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16A Block 15 ADF Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0543 USAF
    Construction Number:61-264
    Compressed ID:GD F-16A Block 15 ADF sn 80-0543 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15.

    30 November 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0543.

    December 1981

    Transferred to 313th TFS, 50th TFW, Hahn AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: HR

    December 1986

    Transferred to 307th TFS, 31st TFW, AFRC. Homestead AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: HS, 307 TFS

    By July 1989

    Converted to a F-16A Block 15 ADF.

    July 1989

    Transferred to 194th FIS, 144th FIG, California ANG, Fresno Yosemite International Airport, CA.

    October 1992

    Transferred to 194th FS, 144th FG, California ANG, Fresno ANGB, CA.
    Operated with markings: California

    From 20 October 1994 to 28 January 2016

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FG0258.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1 February 2016

    Placed on display with Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    Markings Applied: California, 144 FW

    16 June 2018


    Photographer: Daniel Compton -Florida Metal
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