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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas C-15
    Latest Model:YC-15A-DL
    Last Military Serial:72-1875 USAF
    Construction Number:CX001
    Last Civil Registration:N15YC
    Latest Owner or Location:Century Circle, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YC-15A-DL by McDonnell Douglas at Long Beach, California.
    This was the first C-15 built.

    Circa 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-1875.

    26 August 1975

    First flight.
    Landed at Edwards AFB.

    By 1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    1 April 1997

    To United States Government, Long Beach, CA with c/r N15YC.

    8 April 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX15YC (YC-15, 72-1875) issued.

    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX15YC (YC-15, 72-01875) issued.

    Modified with a larger wing.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    2009

    Placed on display with Century Circle, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at Century Circle, Edwards AFB ( West Gate ), Palmdale, California,

    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at Century Circle, Edwards AFB ( West Gate ), Palmdale, California,

    12 March 2014

    10 March 2017

    Civil registration, N15YC, cancelled.


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