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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10C Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:79-0109 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-373
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10C sn 79-0109...
    Latest Owner or Location:303rd Fighter Squadron, 442nd Fighter Wing (AFRES), Whiteman AFB, MO

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    Dates

    Event

    1980

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    25 June 1980

    First flight.

    1 July 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0109.

    By October 1992

    Transferred to 303rd Fighter Squadron, 442nd Fighter Wing (AFRES), Whiteman AFB, MO.
    Operated with markings: KC, AFRC

    12 May 2002

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AC0334.
    For wing modifications.

    23 June 2003

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0109.

    From 23 June 2003 to After 2021

    Transferred to 303rd Fighter Squadron, 442nd Fighter Wing (AFRES), Whiteman AFB, MO.
    Operated with markings: KC, AFRC

    From 2006 to 2007

    Converted to an A-10C.

    From By 2011 to April 2012

    Flew combat in Operation Enduring Freedom.

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    From January 2018 to April 2018

    Deployed to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan for combat in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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     A-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2002-07 by Gary Wetzel
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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