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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:QF-16A Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:80-0565 USAF
    Construction Number:61-286
    Compressed ID:GD QF-16A sn 80-0565 USAF cn 61-286...
    Latest Owner or Location:82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16A Block 15A.

    29 January 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0565.

    February 1982

    Transferred to 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, Germany.
    Operated with markings: HR

    By August 1985

    Transferred to 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, Germany.
    Operated with markings: HR

    July 1986

    Transferred to 159th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 125th Fighter Interceptor Group (ANG), Jacksonville, FL.

    27 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    June 1987

    Transferred to 186th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 120th Fighter Group (ANG), Great Falls International Airport, MT.

    Converted to a F-16A Block 15 ADF.

    13 March 1992

    Transferred to 186th Fighter Squadron, 120th Fighter Group (ANG), Great Falls International Airport, MT.

    11 January 2001

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FG0453.

    6 June 2003

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM7236 as a F-16A Block 15A.
    Leased under Peace Caesar.

    7 September 2003

    Transferred to AMI 18 Gruppo.

    19 March 2004

    Transferred to AMI 23 Gruppo.

    8 April 2005

    Transferred to AMI 18 Gruppo.

    17 May 2006

    Transferred to AMI 23 Gruppo.

    4 June 2010

    Transferred to AMI 18 Gruppo.

    1 June 2012

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

    November 2015

    Transferred to Boeing, Cecil Field, FL.

    Converted to a QF-16A.
    New construction number, QF-036, assigned to the airframe.

    August 2018

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0565.

    August 2018

    Transferred to 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Tyndall AFB, FL.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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