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    Airframe Family: Boeing B737 / C-40 / T-43
    Latest Model:T-43A-BN
    Last Military Serial:71-1404 USAF
    Construction Number:20686
    Compressed ID:Boeing T-43A-BN sn 71-1404 USAF cn...

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-43A-BN.

    11 September 1973

    First flight.

    11 September 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 71-1404.

    September 1973

    Transferred to 455th Flight Training Squadron/323rd Flying Training Wing, Mather AFB, CA.

    1981


    Photographer: Unknown

    29 May 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 81

    19 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Over the United States Air Force Museum during the Parade of Flight celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Air Force.

    1992

    Transferred to 558th Flying Training Squadron/12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: RA

    By October 1998

    Transferred to 562nd Flying Training Squadron, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: RA 562FTS /12FTW

    15 July 2006


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At RIAT Fairford.

    26 January 2010

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number TH0014.

    26 January 2010

    In the inventory of .
    Row 20.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    Jet Photos
    Plane Logger
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Ken Videan
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