Del to the 27th TFS (FF) 9 Sep'82. It arrived with the 32nd on 29 Aug'89. Dep for CONUS 29 May'92. Assigned to the 95th FS (TY). During an air combat training flight the pilots air-regulating valve detached from its torso harness and became lodged in the ejection seat handle. When the pilot turned his head to check his position and pulled the control stick towards him, enough tension was put on the detached valve to raise the ejection seat handle, causing him to eject safely 21 May'04. 0027 is seen here returning to its HAS while 2 Dutch F-16s awaiting approval for for take-off from rnwy 28.

Surprisingly, no photo of this 32nd bird yet, not even from its Langley of Tyndall days. It spent part of its career at Soesterberg between August 1989 and March 1992 before it went state-side and was taken up by the 325th FW that summer. Unfortunately, it crashed on 21 May 2004.