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F16CrewChief — TAC F-16B Block 15 No. 2

Published: 2018-02-24 15:42:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 462; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Description F-16B-15-CF, 83-1171 assigned to the 308th TFS, 31st TFW, based at Homestead AFB seen at Luke AFB in December 1986.

I was really happy to see a "ZF" coded Homestead F-16!  Note the F-16A parked behind this one carries the 'newer' "HS" code.
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Crypto-137 [2018-02-26 18:55:01 +0000 UTC]

I looked this airframe thinking it was with the PRANG (last 3 numbers looked familiar to me) and I found out this acft crashed in 2008.

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F16CrewChief In reply to Crypto-137 [2018-02-28 21:53:55 +0000 UTC]

 I saw this jets in the Bergstrom Reserve's markings in Feb 1992:



I liked seeing these really high serialed F-16A/B acft. If you notice, 83-1174 was the first F-16D acft built:

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Crypto-137 In reply to F16CrewChief [2018-03-03 22:30:31 +0000 UTC]

Ohh nice, must had been exciting to be able to photograph the first jet of that line!

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F16CrewChief In reply to Crypto-137 [2018-03-04 03:12:07 +0000 UTC]

Yessir.  I did get to see the first production F-16A:



The first production F-16B:



The first production F-16C:



and another view of the first production F-16D:

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Crypto-137 In reply to F16CrewChief [2018-03-20 05:53:47 +0000 UTC]

That is really awesome!

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F16CrewChief In reply to Crypto-137 [2018-03-25 20:06:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  It was fun to be at Luke in the 1980s!

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