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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-111
    Latest Model:GF-111A
    Last Military Serial:63-9767 USAF
    Construction Number:A1-02
    Latest Owner or Location:Lake County Veterans Memorial, Waukegan National Airport (UGN), Waukegan, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-111A.

    25 February 1965

    First flight.

    26 February 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-9767.

    1965

    Loaned to General Dynamics, Fort Worth, TX.
    Served as a test bed for the MK-1 NAV/Attack system.

    1966

    Loaned to Pratt and Whitney.
    Used as engine/intake test bed.

    Circa 1966


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    December 1969

    Transported by ground. Delivered to 3345th Maintenance and Supply Group (Air Training Command), Chanute Air Force Base, I.
    Engines had been removed.

    Redesignated as GF-111A.

    1974

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1974

    Placed on display.
    Displayed, Thunderbird Airpark, Chanute AFB.

    October 1991


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Chanute AFB Museum in Rantoul, IL.

    1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
    Markings changed to: NA, 63-767
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    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    From 17 December 2015 to Unknown

    Loaned to Warbird Heritage Foundation, Waukegan Regional Airport, Waukegan, IL.
    Arrived via ground transport. For display at Lake County Veterans Memorial at the airport.
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    By 23 April 2016


    Photographer: Robert Herrick
    Notes: Reinstalling tail, wings, etc. Then media blasting, repainting, Veterans Memorial dedication approximately on Sept 10, 2016.

    To Lake County Veterans Memorial, Waukegan National Airport (UGN), Waukegan, IL.
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    10 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.A.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Chanute Air Museum
    F-111 Aardvark
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Herrick
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