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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle / F-15E Strike Eagle
    Latest Model:F-15A-18-MC Eagle
    Last Military Serial:77-0068 USAF
    Construction Number:342/A280
    Latest Owner or Location:Arnold AFB, Manchester - Tullahoma, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-15A-18-MC.

    Circa 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 77-0068.

    By October 1979

    Transferred to Warner-Robbins AFB, GA.
    Operated with markings: WR

    October 1979


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan

    By October 1990

    Transferred to WR ALC, Warner Robins AFB, GA.
    Noted at Warner Robins AFB Airshow 6 Oct 1990.

    By October 1990

    Markings Applied: RG

    November 1991


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By May 1997

    Loaned to Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, OH.
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    Loaned to Arnold AFB (TN), AEDC/TSDC, Arnoldafb, TN.

    September 2003

    To Arnold AFB, Manchester-Tullahoma, TN.
    Dedicated in memory of Maj. Jim Duricy, U.S. Air Force. Duricy was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, when he was forced to eject at high speed during a captive flight development test of a new air-to-air missile, April 30, 2002. The F-15 he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Duricys body was never recovered. The F-15 dedicated in his honor has been painted to identify it as assigned to the 46th Test Wing, Duricys wing at the time of his death.
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    28 April 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Arnold AFB, TN, USA
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    USA Preserved and Derelict Military Aircraft (October 1997 ISBN 1 898129 29 0) by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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