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    Airframe Family: Republic F-84
    Latest Model:F-84F-40-RE Thunderstreak
    Last Military Serial:52-6629 USAF
    Last Civil Registration:N97020
    Compressed ID:General Motors-Fisher Body F-84F-40...
    Latest Owner or Location:Indiana ANG 122 FW, Fort Wayne Municipal Airport / Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-84F-40-RE by General Motors-Fisher Body at Kansas, City, Missouri.

    1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-6629.

    To 506th SFW, Tinker AFB, OK.

    1958

    Transferred to 12th Strategic Fighter Wing, Bergstrom AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 7625th Operations Squadron, Lowry AFB, CO.

    Transferred to 162nd TFS, 178th TFG, Ohio ANG, Springfield Municipal Airport, OH.

    Transferred to 4520th CCTW, Nellis AFB, NV.

    By May 1962

    Transferred to 166th TFS, 121st TFG, Ohio ANG, Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    Transferred to 366th TFW, Holloman AFB, NM.

    From 1964 to 1971

    Transferred to 163rd TFS, 122D TFG, Indiana ANG, Baer Field (later Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station), IN.

    21 October 1971

    To Detroit Institute of Aeronautics, Ypsilanti, MI with new c/r N97020.

    13 February 1977

    Civil registration, N97020, cancelled.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to In Ang (Fort Wayne Iap), 122 FW/ATO, Fort Wayne IAP, IN.

    Placed on display with Indiana ANG 122 FW, Fort Wayne Municipal Airport/Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN.
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    13 February 2017

    Civil registration, N97020, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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