When hostilities in the Balkans began the colorful squadron markings were quickly removed. The location of the squadron badge and tail stripe can clearly be seen in this picture.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

By June 2022, this Taiwanese F-16A, used at Luke AFB for training Taiwan AF pilots, had been transferred to Taiwan as F-16A-72V and with Taiwan AF serial 6603.

This F-16A was still at Luke AFB when this photo was taken, to train Taiwan AF pilots. By 2021, the aircraft had been transferred to Taiwan as F-16A-72V with serial 6607.

Taiwan AF F-16A at Luke AFB in 21st FS markings for training Taiwanese AF pilots. By 2022, it had become operational as F-16A-72V 6715 at Hualien AB, Taiwan.

By 2021, this Taiwanese F-16A had been transferred from Luke AFB to Taiwan and repainted with Taiwanese AF markings and serial 6608. It had been used at Luke AFB for training Taiwan AF pilots.

It was not until the nineties and after some accidents that all Dutch F-16s were fitted with the now so familiar drag chute housing.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Wing Commander's aircraft. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1994. Left in 1998 and preserved at Arcadia, WI. .

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Flightline photo, taken from the photobus.

A fine view from the ATC tower. J-248 carries FMS serial 78-0248 and is a Fokker built (line number L-074) F-16A Block 10A. It was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) on 7 Oct'81. The F-16 suffered a serious mishap after it landed on its nose due to severe winds, although the pilot managed to keep the bouncing Falcon on the runway, he decided to eject. The F-16 was repaired and continued service up to Aug'01. It was first stored at Woensdrecht, then preserved at Kamp Zeist from Jun'13. It then became a travel exhibit and is seen all over the Netherlands.

The Dutch 323sq is named "Diana", so the Tiger pilot choose the wrong visor cover. J-256 carries FMS serial 78-0256 and is a Fokker built (line number L-091) F-16A Block 10C. It was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) on 16 Apr'82. It was withdrawn from use at Volkel in Feb'01 after it experienced a nosewheel collaps during taxiing out of a dispersal in Dec'00. It was then stored at Volkel, to Soesterberg in Nov'01, moved to the Technical University in Delft on 22 Apr'08 and returned to Volkel as an instructional airframe in Nov'11. Scrapped soon after.