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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-16
    Latest Model:F-16C Block 30H Fighting Falcon
    Last Military Serial:87-0288 USAF
    Construction Number:5C-549
    Compressed ID:GD F-16C Block 30H sn 87-0288 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:176th FS, 115th FW, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field ANGB, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-16C Block 30H.

    22 November 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 87-0288.

    23 November 1988

    To 62nd TFTS, 56th TTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Markings added: MC

    April 1993

    Transferred to 81st FS, 52D Operations Group, Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP

    July 1993

    Transferred to 176th FS, 115th FW, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field ANGB, WI.
    Operated with markings: WI, Middleton
    Named after the Wisconsin town of Middleton.

    July 1994


    Photographer: Jerry Geer
    Notes: Taken at Truax Field, Wisconsin. 176th FS, 115th FW, Wisconsin ANG.

    January 2008

    Deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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