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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10A Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:81-0987 USAF
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10A sn 81-0987...
    Latest Owner or Location:Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    Circa 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 81-0987.

    27 December 1990

    Transferred to 511th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Operation Desert Storm.

    13 May 1991

    To 10th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Alconbury.
    Markings added: Just A Thumpin

    December 1991

    Transferred to 507th Air Control Wing, Shaw AFB, SC.

    31 December 1995


    Photographer: Gerald McMasters
    Notes: Transient line, Reese AFB, Texas

    12 July 2000

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    25 September 2000

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 81-0987.

    7 April 2003


    Photographer: Major Brian Boeding
    Notes: Damaged by AAA over Baghdad, pilot Capt. Kim Campbell returned to base and landed successfully at Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait.

    7 April 2003


    Photographer: Major Brian Boeding
    Notes: Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait. AAA damage received over Baghdad.

    7 April 2003


    Photographer: Major Brian Boeding
    Notes: Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait. AAA damage received over Baghdad.

    7 April 2003


    Photographer: Major Brian Boeding
    Notes: Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait. AAA damage received over Baghdad.

    Written off due to battle damage.

    To Northrop-Grumman, Bethpage, Long Island, NY.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: FT

    To Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 November 2015


    Photographer: Luis Sanchez
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Bourlier
    Gerald McMasters
    Peter Nicholson
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