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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:C-97G Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:039 IDF
    Construction Number:16767
    Last Civil Registration:4X-FPN
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-97G sn 039 IDF cn 16767 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Airport, Beersheba, Israel

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    Event

    Constructed as a KC-97G-27-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-2736.

    Converted to a C-97G.

    To Israeli Air Force with new c/r 4X-FPN.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 039.

    September 1977

    Based at Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Airport, Beersheba, Israel.
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    12 August 2014


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Israeli Air Force Museum at Hatzerim
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     World Military Out of Service 2012 by Andy Marden
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
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