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    Airframe Family: Swiss American Aviation Corporation Learjet
    Latest Model:C-21A Learjet
    Last Military Serial:84-0087 USAF
    Construction Number:35A-533
    Last Civil Registration:N400BQ
    Compressed ID:Swiss American Aviation Corporation...
    Latest Owner or Location:76th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-21A.

    November 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 84-0087.
    Aircraft initially leased and later purchased.

    From 1984 to 17 December 1991

    To unknown owner with c/r N400BQ.
    Was registered to lessor until selling to USAF on 12/17/91.

    From November 1984 to After June 1990

    Transferred to 1401st Military Airlift Squadron, Detachment 1, Offutt AFB, NE.

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house

    From By September 1996 to After 2018

    Transferred to 76th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany.

    1 July 2000


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With USAFE-titles at Airpower 2000, Zeltweg, Austria
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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 Finder
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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