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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:OA-37B Dragonfly
    Last Military Serial:69-6428 USAF
    Construction Number:43273
    Latest Owner or Location:Illinois ANG - 182nd Airlift Wing Unit, Peoria, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1969

    Constructed as an A-37B.

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 69-6428.

    Redesignated as OA-37B.

    Circa 1971

    Transferred to 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron/174th Tactical Fighter Group (ANG), Hancock Field, Syracuse, NY.

    1976

    Transferred to 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron/182nd Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Peoria, IL.
    Operated with markings: 68-428, IL

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Il Ang (Peoria), 182 MXS/MXMT, Peoria, IL.

    Circa 1992

    To Illinois ANG-182nd Airlift Wing Unit, Peoria, IL.
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    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Toms Picture Pages
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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