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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle / F-15E Strike Eagle
    Latest Model:GF-15A Eagle
    Last Military Serial:71-0286 USAF
    Construction Number:0007-A007
    Compressed ID:McDD GF-15A sn 71-0286 USAF cn 0007...
    Latest Owner or Location:Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    1973

    Constructed as a F-15A- 3-MC.

    14 June 1973

    First flight.

    19 June 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 71-0286.

    19 June 1973

    Loaned to McDonnell Douglas, Edwards AFB, CA.

    From September 1973 to November 1980

    Used by the combined McDD/USAF F-15 Joint Test Force at Edwards AFB.

    January 1978

    Returned from loan to U. S. Air Force Flight Test Center (Air Force Systems Command), Edwards AFB, CA.

    November 1980

    Transferred to Chanute Technical Training Center (Air Training Command), Chanute AFB, IL.

    November 1980

    Redesignated as GF-15A.

    From March 1982 to August 1990

    Used in both the Jet Engine Training Division as well as the Fuel Specialist School.

    Circa 1990

    Placed on display.
    Thunderbird Air Park, Chanute AFB.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 April 2012


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL, USA.

    2015

    Loaned to Saint Louis Science Center, Saint Louis, MO.
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    From 2015 to 2022

    Held in indoor storage at the science centers location.

    22 July 2022


    Photographer: Dave Murray
    Notes: Aircraft reassembled and on display at Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas. On loan from NMUSAF.

    July 2022

    Loaned to Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, KS.
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    5 October 2022


    Photographer: Dave Murray
    Notes: After power washing, 10286 returned to original 1973 test livery at Edwards AFB
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     Chanute Air Museum
    Great Saint Louis Air and Space Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Dave Murray
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