F-16C 86-0231 first entered service in 1987 serving across several units including 23 TFS 'SP', 527 AS 'WR', and 149 TFS 'VA' before commencing service with the 457 FS 'TX' in mid 2007.

This aircraft was flown above 85,000 feet at as of yet some unknown time in 1992. The aircraft stalled and went into a flat spin. The fuselage was over stressed as it maintained over 9Gs of force for over two minutes. Pilot lost consciousness but regained awareness and was able to land safely. Major repairs had to be conducted on the aircraft which put it out of service for a few years. Date returned to service is also needed. From then on the aircraft received the name space bird.



*24JUN2024: Updated colours and roughmets for accuracy.*

The livery itself is accurate based off the photos available and may be periodically changed based off the current airframe livery and weathering.

If any bugs are noticed please let me know so I can address them.

Due to file size some textures were removed to ensure the 300mb limit is not breached. These files were the 300Gal Tank and External view cockpit textures.
Feel free to add your own from Texac's improved Viper template.

This skin was created with the improved Viper Template created by Texac.
See the following link for more of his work: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-texac/apply/