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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10A Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:78-0721 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-341
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10A sn 78-0721...
    Latest Owner or Location:Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    3 April 1980

    First flight.

    10 April 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 78-0721.

    April 1980

    Transferred to 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron/174th Tactical Fighter Wing (ANG), Griffiss AFB, NY.
    Operated with markings: NY

    27 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    Transferred to 131st Fighter Squadron/104th Fighter Wing, Barnes ANGB, MA.
    Operated with markings: MA

    29 October 1993

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AC0181.

    26 September 2011

    To Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV.
    Markings added: OT
    Instructional airframe.
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