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    Airframe Family: Boeing B953 / C-14
    Latest Model:YC-14A-BN
    Last Military Serial:72-1873 USAF
    Last Civil Registration:N8730B
    Compressed ID:Boeing YC-14A-BN sn 72-1873 USAF cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    From Circa 1972 to 1976

    Constructed as a YC-14A-BN.
    Was the first of two.

    Circa 1972

    To Boeing with new c/r N8730B.
    Operated under civil and military registration concurrently.

    Circa 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-1873.

    9 August 1976

    First flight.

    12 October 1978

    To Boeing Aerospace Co, Seattle, WA with new c/r N8730B.

    9 April 1980

    Civil registration, N8730B, cancelled.

    April 1980

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CW0002.

    March 1981

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum, AZ

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At The Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At The Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    16 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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