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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3A-45-LO Orion
    Last Military Serial:151385 USN
    Construction Number:5098
    Last Civil Registration:N921AU
    Latest Owner or Location:Airstrike Firefighters Llc, Kenmore, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-3A-45-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151385.

    By 1990

    To Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA.

    From By 1990 to By 1991

    Placed in open storage at Chico, CA.

    From 18 May 1992 to By 2000

    To US Forest Service, Boise, ID with new c/r N921AU.

    1992

    Converted to a fire tanker at Chico, CA.

    September 1992


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: N921AU - P-3A - Aero Union in September 1992

    Operated as fire service #21.

    12 March 1997

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA keeping c/r N921AU.

    1 May 1997


    Photographer: Robert Gillard
    Notes: Taken at Chico Municipal Airport

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, CA.
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    Operated as fire service #21.

    20 October 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR921AU (P3A, 151385) issued.

    4 November 2010

    To Aero Union Corporation, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N921AU.

    Based at McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    21 April 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR921AU (P3A, 151385) issued.

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB.

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    5 March 2013

    To VRB Corp, Detroit, MI keeping c/r N921AU.

    7 November 2013

    To United Aeronautical Corporation, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    7 November 2013

    To United Aeronautical Corp, North Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N921AU.

    8 August 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB near Sacramento, CA.

    15 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    7 August 2018

    To Airstrike Firefighters Llc, Kenmore, WA keeping c/r N921AU.

    15 January 2022

    Civil registration, N921AU, cancelled.
    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
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    DAPPA
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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