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Airframe Family:	Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Latest Model:	XV-6A Kestrel
Last Military Serial:	64-18264 US
Latest Owner or Location:	Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a Kestrel FGA.1 by Hawker Siddeley at Dunsfold.
8 August 1964		First flight.
17 September 1964		Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XS690.
17 September 1964		Transferred to Tripartite Evaluation Squadron (TES), West Raynham, England.
19 February 1966		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 64-18264 as a XV-6A.
19 February 1966		Transferred to Ewards AFB, CA.
		To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
By August 1986		To United States Army Aviation Museum, Storage, Guthrie AHP, Enterprise, AL. View the Location Dossier
14 September 2003		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield Notes: In the Army Aviation Museum storage yard
14 September 2003		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield Notes: In the Army Aviation Museum storage yard
November 2012		Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ. View the Location Dossier
12 November 2012		Photographer: Chris Kennedy Notes: Now at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
23 April 2017		Photographer: Marcin Rogowski Notes: Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, USA.

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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
1000 Aircraft Photos (Aeroplane Photo Supply) by Ron Dupas and Johan Visschedijk
National Museum of the United States Air Force
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

Individual Contributors
Glenn Chatfield
Chris Kennedy

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