F-16C Fighting Falcon (Iowa ANG)
Iowa Air National Guard

Subject:: General Dynamics F-16C Block 30B Fighting Falcon
US Air Force (1947-now)
174 FS The Bats, 185 FG, Iowa ANG 85-1547
Skala:: 1:72
Status:: Idéer

F-16C Block 30 Fighting Falcon
Operator: 174th Fighter Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard
Location: Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait
Timeframe: 1996
Loadout: Strike
1 - AIM-120B AMRAAM
2 - Pylon removed
3 - TER 2x CBU-87
4 - Fuel tank
5 - AN/ALQ-184
6 - Fuel tank
7 - TER 2x CBU-87
8 - Pylon removed
9 - AIM-120B AMRAAM

Personal interest:
This model represents the F-16C Fighting Falcon Block 30 aircraft flown by the USAF and ANG in 1996. The F-16C was an excellent multi-role aircraft and was sometimes assigned to fly strike missions against Iraqi air defenses and ground equipment. Many USAF and Air National Guard units rotated in and out of the theater during Operation Southern Watch. I selected a F-16C of the 174th FS from Sioux City, Iowa out because of my childhood affinity for the unit, when they frequently flew A-7D aircraft over my family home.