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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III
    Latest Model:C-17A Globemaster III
    Last Military Serial:A7-MAP QEAF
    Construction Number:50279
    Last Civil Registration:N279ZD
    Latest Owner or Location:Qatar Emiri Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-17A.

    23 June 2014

    To Boeing Co, Long Beach, CA with c/r N279ZD (C17A, 50279).

    23 June 2014

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 14-0010.

    2 November 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N279ZD (C17A, 14-0010) issued.

    18 February 2016

    Civil registration, N279ZD, cancelled.
    Exported to Qatar.

    25 February 2016

    To Boeing Company, Long Beach, CA.

    1 March 2016

    Civil registration, N279ZD, cancelled.
    Exported to Qatar.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Qatar Emiri Air Force with s/n A7-MAP.

    9 July 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at London - Stansted, Essex, England
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