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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-4/C-7 Caribou
    Latest Model:YC-7A Caribou
    Last Military Serial:57-3079 US
    Construction Number:005
    Last Civil Registration:CF-LKF-X
    Latest Owner or Location:U.S. Army Transportation Museum, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Newport News, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    1959

    Constructed as a YAC-1-DH by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    1959

    Assigned civil registration: CF-LKF-X
    Test registration.

    8 October 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-3079.
    Second aircraft to hold this s/n; first aircraft, c/n 3, crashed before delivery.

    From October 1959 to 1 January 1966

    Transferred to Army Aviation Board, Fort Rucker, AL.

    1962

    Redesignated as YCV-2A.

    From January 1966 to February 1966

    Transferred to Army Aviation Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL.

    From February 1966 to December 1974

    Transferred to Army Aviation Board, Fort Rucker, AL.

    1 January 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-3079.
    Transferred to USAF under operation RED LEAF.

    1 January 1967

    Redesignated as YC-7A.

    January 1967

    Transferred to HQ, USAF Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Assigned to U.S. Army and kept Army markings.

    From January 1975 to March 1978

    Transferred to Golden Knights, US Army Parachute Demonstration Team, Fort Bragg, NC.

    June 1976


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: 35mm slide found in a desk drawer in 1982 at DuPage Tower, West Chicago, IL

    From April 1978 to April 1985

    Transferred to Army Aviation, Fort Bragg, NC.

    1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-3079.
    Transferred back to Army control.

    From May 1985 to July 1986

    Transferred to U. S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, Fort Bragg,.

    August 1986

    Ferry flight. Delivered to U. S. Army Transportation Museum, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Newport News, VA.
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    15 June 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    15 June 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    15 June 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    22 August 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This Canadian classic resides at the US Army Transportation Museum, Ft. Eustis, VA. Former registration: CF-LKF-X; this was the fifth Caribou off the production line.

    8 April 2015

    8 April 2015

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     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
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    The C-7A Caribuou Association
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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