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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 25F Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:85-1443 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-223
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 25F sn 85-1443 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 25F.

    24 October 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-1443.

    25 October 1986

    To 311th TFTS, 58th TTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Markings added: LF

    November 1987


    Photographer: Jerry Geer

    May 1991

    Transferred to 314th TFTS, 58th TTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    1 October 1991

    Transferred to 314th FS, 58th OG, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    April 1994

    Transferred to 61st FS, 56th OG, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    February 2011

    Transferred to 62nd FS, 56th OG, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF

    3 July 2014

    Transferred to 309th FS, 56th FW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LF
    Blue tail band.

    16 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Luke AFB, AZ

    14 July 2022

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).
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    unreviewed imported data.
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