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Airframe Family:	Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
Latest Model:	A-10A Thunderbolt II
Last Military Serial:	77-0205 USAF
Construction Number:	A10-130
Latest Owner or Location:	United States Air Force Academy, United States Air Force Academy Airstrip, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as an A-10A.
4 August 1978		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 77-0205.
By March 1988		To 706th TFS, 926th TFG, AFRES, NAS New Orleans, LA. Markings added: NO, AFRES
22 March 1988		Photographer: Tom Tessier Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.
		Deployed on Operation Desert Storm.
6 February 1991		Scored a gun kill against an Iraqi Bo-105 helicopter.
		To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
		Loaned to HQ USAFA/CMA, USAF Academy, CO.
By October 2005		Placed on display with United States Air Force Academy, United States Air Force Academy Airstrip, Colorado Springs, CO. View the Location Dossier
		Markings Applied: 355th TFW, 75-0288 Marked with false air force serial number.
		Repainted with the correct serial and tail markings.
2007		Photographer: Andy West
27 August 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin
27 August 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin Notes: Noseart.
27 August 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin
27 August 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin Notes: Noseart / kill count on the left side. All the flags of the Coalition are shown.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Print Sources
U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden

Internet Sources
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Plane Logger
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

Individual Contributors
Peter Nicholson
Max Sabin

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