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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10C Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:80-0223 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-573
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10C sn 80-0223...
    Latest Owner or Location:74th FS/23rd Wing, Moody AFB, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    1981

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    11 December 1981

    First flight.

    28 December 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-0223.

    December 1981

    Transferred to 76th Tactical Fighter Squadron/23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: EL

    Circa 1990

    Converted to an OA-10A.

    From Circa August 1990 to Circa March 1991

    Deployed to Saudi Arabia for combat in Operation Desert Storm.

    1 June 1992

    Transferred to 75th Fighter Squadron/23rd Fighter Wing, Pope AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: Town of Hope Mills, FT

    Circa September 1997


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: 23rd FG. Believed to be 80-0223, however with rear tail # blocked cannot be 100 percent sure it is 80 and not 79. I chose 80 because it had similar markings to how 80-0223 appeared in 2003.

    7 June 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    Circa 2007

    Converted to an A-10C.

    December 2007

    Base of operations changed.
    Moody AFB, GA.

    12 March 2010


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow, Titusville FL

    13 March 2010


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow, Titusville FL

    From Unknown to December 2010

    Deployed to Afghanistan for combat in Operation Enduring Freedom.

    May 2018

    Transferred to 74th FS/23rd Wing, Moody AFB, GA.
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