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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-9/MD-81/MD-82/MD-83/MD-87/MD-88/MD-89 / C-9
    Latest Model:C-9B
    Last Military Serial:160051 USN
    Construction Number:47700
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-9B sn 160051 USN cn 47700...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-9B.

    16 February 1976

    First flight.

    18 March 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160051.

    From March 1976 to After June 1977

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VR-30), NAS Alameda, CA.
    Operated with markings: RW-051

    By March 1988

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 51 (VR-51), USNR, NAS Glenview, IL.
    Operated with markings: RV-51

    By December 1990

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 55 (VR-55), NAS Alameda, CA.
    Operated with markings: RU-051, City of Alameda

    From Circa December 1990 to Circa April 1991

    Deployed to Europe for flying support missions during Operation Desert Storm.

    By December 1993

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR-61), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
    Operated with markings: City of Everett, RS-051

    From By October 2003 to After October 2011

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 (VR-52), NAS Willow Grove, PA.
    Operated with markings: JT-051

    11 November 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    11 November 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    By April 2013

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR-61), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.


    Your Assistance is Needed: RZjets says this aircraft also served with VR-58 coded JV-051, and VR-46. No dates given. Do you have information about when this aircraft was with these squadrons?
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    23 April 2014

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 383603.

    23 April 2014

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
    Row 8.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    RZJets
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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