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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10C Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:80-0194 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-544
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10C sn 80-0194...
    Latest Owner or Location:75th Fighter Squadron/23rd Fighter Group, Moody AFB, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    1981

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    18 September 1981

    First flight.

    26 September 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0194.

    From September 1981 to After August 1986

    Transferred to 509th Tactical Fighter Squadron/81st Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Bentwaters, England.
    Operated with markings: WR

    By April 1989

    Transferred to 511th Tactical Fighter Squadron/10th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Alconbury, England.
    Operated with markings: AR

    From 27 December 1990 to 13 May 1991

    Deployed for combat in Operation Desert Storm.

    13 May 1991

    Markings Applied: Freedom Hog, To Fly Fight Believe

    Circa 1992

    Converted to an OA-10A.

    By August 1996

    Transferred to 55th Fighter Squadron/20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: SW

    By May 2003

    Transferred to 74th Fighter Squadron/23rd Fighter Group, Pope AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: FT, 23FG

    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    23 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at JRB New orleans Airshow

    23 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at JRB New Orleans Airshow

    2006

    Base of operations changed.
    Moody AFB, GA.

    Circa 2007

    Converted to an A-10C.

    28 March 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: MacDill Air Fest, Tampa, FL.

    28 March 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: MacDill Air Fest, Tampa, FL.

    28 March 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: MacDill Air Fest, Tampa, FL.

    28 March 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: MacDill Air Fest, Tampa, FL.

    3 August 2010

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) with inventory number AC0628.

    By November 2011

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0194.

    By November 2011

    Transferred to 74th Fighter Squadron/23rd Fighter Group, Moody AFB, GA.

    From By November 2012 to After 2019

    Transferred to 75th Fighter Squadron/23rd Fighter Group, Moody AFB, GA.
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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
    US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
    Internet Sources
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    Airport Data
    Jet Photos
    Plane Logger
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warthog News
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    Robert Nichols
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