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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:OA-37B Dragonfly
    Last Military Serial:73-1059 USAF
    Construction Number:43422
    Compressed ID:Cessna OA-37B sn 73-1059 USAF cn 43...
    Latest Owner or Location:172nd TASS/110th TASG (ANG), Battle Creek, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-37B.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 73-1059.

    By July 1975

    Transferred to 46th Tactical Fighter Squadron/434th Tactical Fighter Wing (AFRES), Grissom AFB, IN.
    Operated with markings: ID

    By May 1977

    Transferred to 46th Tactical Fighter Squadron/442nd Tactical Fighter Wing (AFRES), Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: ID

    From July 1978 to Circa 1982

    Transferred to 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron/926th Tactical Fighter Group (AFRES), NAS/JRB New Orleans, LA.
    Operated with markings: NO

    Circa 1980

    Converted to an OA-37B.

    Circa 1982

    Transferred to 172nd Tactical Air Support Squadron/110th Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Battle Creek, MI.
    Operated with markings: BC

    27 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH air show

    27 June 1988

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AB0003.

    Circa 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 73-1059.
    Returned to service.

    From Circa 1988 to 1991

    Transferred to 172nd TASS/110th TASG (ANG), Battle Creek, MI.
    Operated with markings: BC
    The 172d was the last Air Force or Air National Guard unit to fly the Dragonfly.

    1991

    Withdrawn from use.
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     Aviation Photo Company
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Toms Picture Pages
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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