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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-111
    Latest Model:FB-111A
    Last Military Serial:68-0287 USAF
    Construction Number:B1-59
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over The Rockies Air Space Museum, Denver, CO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a FB-111A.

    16 February 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0287.

    16 February 1971

    To 340th Bombardment Group (Medium), Carswell AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 380th Bomb Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

    By April 1988

    Transferred to 509th Bomb Wing, Pease AFB, NH.
    Operated with markings: LIBERATOR II

    From 1990 to 1994

    Transferred to 3400th TTW, Lowry TTC, Lowry AFB, CO.
    Redesignated GFB-111A ground trainer.

    1994

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1994

    To Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, CO.
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    Loaned to Wings Over The Rockies Air Space Museum, Denver, CO.

    24 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    10 August 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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