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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10C Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:80-0242 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-592
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10C sn 80-0242...
    Latest Owner or Location:422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron/53rd Test and Evaluation Group, Nellis AFB, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    30 January 1982

    First flight.

    10 February 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0242.

    February 1982

    Transferred to 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea.
    Operated with markings: SU

    4 January 2000

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AC0197.
    For GPS and wing modifications.

    25 February 2000

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0242.

    From 25 February 2000 to After March 2020

    Transferred to 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron/53rd Test and Evaluation Group, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Operated with markings: OT
    Later as 53rd Wing.

    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    Circa 2007

    Converted to an A-10C.

    By July 2015

    Markings Applied: OT, black and green checked fin band

    22 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: on approach to Nellis AFB NV during Red Flag

    23 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: on approach to Nellis AFB Nv during Red Flag
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    Credits
     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
    Internet Sources
     Plane Logger
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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