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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10A Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:77-0244 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-169
    Latest Owner or Location:Wisconsin National Guard Memorial Library and Museum, Volk Field ANGB, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    5 December 1978

    First flight.

    11 December 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 77-0244.

    By November 1988

    Transferred to 45th TFS, 434th TFW, AFRES, Grissom AFB, IN.
    Operated with markings: IN, AFRES

    18 November 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient ramp

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Wi Ang (camp Douglas), CRTC (WI)/LGMT, Camp Douglas, WI.

    March 1996

    Placed on display with Wisconsin National Guard Memorial Library and Museum, Volk Field ANGB, Camp Douglas, WI.
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    4 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken Volk Field, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    20 July 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Air History.org
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Plane Logger

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Max Sabin

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