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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle / F-15E Strike Eagle
    Latest Model:F-15C-38-MC Eagle
    Last Military Serial:84-0027 USAF
    Construction Number:0938/C330
    Compressed ID:McDD F-15C-38-MC sn 84-0027 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:493rd FS, 48th FW, RAF Lakenheath

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-15C-38-MC.

    Circa 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 84-0027.

    By 1991

    Transferred to 53rd FS, 36th FW, Bitburg AB, FRG.

    27 January 1991

    Flown by Capt. Benjamin Powel, shot down IrAF Mirage F.1EQ and IrAF MiG-23 on Jan 27, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm.

    23 May 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-15C Eagle of the 53rd Fighter Squadron/36th Fighter Wing based at Bitburg on display at the 1992 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    By August 1995

    Transferred to 53rd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem, FRG.

    19 July 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-15C Eagle, callsign Duster 02, of 53rd Fighter Squadron/52nd Fighter Wing on display at the 1997 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    By July 2017

    Transferred to 493rd FS, 48th FW, RAF Lakenheath.
    Operated with markings: LN, 493FS

    13 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: arriving at RAF Fairford RIAT

    14 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    17 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: departing RAF Fairford RIAT
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    Peter Nicholson
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