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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:MiG-17F Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:CNA-FJ RMoAF
    Construction Number:1406016
    Compressed ID:Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F sn CNA-FJ...
    Latest Owner or Location:March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MiG-17F.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Moroccan Air Force with s/n CNA-FJ.

    November 1961


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Marrakech-Menara in Morocco

    1983

    Transported by air.
    It was brought to the U.S. through the efforts of Maj. Gen. Boots Blesse, former president of the American Fighter Aces Association, and Col. Maj. Kabbaj, Royal Moroccan Air Force. The transfer to the Champlin Museum was approved formally by His Highness, King Hassan II. The MiG-17 disassembled in Morocco and transported by C-130 to the United States.

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Mesa, AZ.

    By 1991

    Placed on display with Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 7469
    Wears the markings of a standard-camouflaged North Vietnamese MiG-17F.

    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    June 2005

    Placed on display with Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
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    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Outside The Museum of Flight, Seattle

    5 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Boeing Field, WA, U.S.A.

    December 2023

    To March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, CA.
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    9 February 2024


    Photographer: Adam Estes

    9 February 2024


    Photographer: Adam Estes
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Adam Estes
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
    Thorsten Ruchel
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