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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-111
    Latest Model:F-111F
    Last Military Serial:70-2390 USAF
    Construction Number:E2-29
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-111F.

    Circa February 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 70-2390.

    1977

    Transferred to 495th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England.
    Operated with markings: LN

    15 April 1986

    Flew in Operation El Dorado Canyon, callsign REMIT 31. Lead aircraft for attack on Al Azziziyah Barracks CompoundAain Libya.

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The 48th Tactical Fighter Wings Commanding Officers F-111F named Miss Liberty II was on display at the 1990 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete

    August 1990

    Lead F-111F deployed to Taif, Saudia Arabia on first day of OPERATION DESERT SHIELD.

    From August 1990 to February 1991

    Flew 29 combat sorties in Desert Storm, destroying 58 targets.

    11 March 1991

    Transferred to RAF Lakenheath.
    Returned from Operation Desert Storm.

    By 1992

    Transferred to 523rd Fighter Squadron, 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: CC

    14 May 1996

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Markings Applied: Miss liberty II, LNm
    Marked as when with 48th TFW during Desert Storm.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla


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

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    F-111 Aardvark
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson

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