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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-111
    Latest Model:F-111A
    Last Military Serial:63-9766 USAF
    Construction Number:1
    Compressed ID:GD F-111A sn 63-9766 USAF cn 1
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-111A.

    21 December 1964

    First flight.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-9766.

    From 1970 to After 1972

    Transferred to Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Used for barrier testing.

    FB-111-A landing gear installed to emulate bomber.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    October 1987

    Placed on display with Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    6 October 1991


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1991 photo - preserved at Edwards Air Force Base, CA

    September 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards AFB, CA
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