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    Airframe Family: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
    Latest Model:OV-10D Bronco
    Last Military Serial:155474 USN
    Construction Number:305-085
    Last Civil Registration:N16854
    Compressed ID:North American Rockwell OV-10D sn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:OV10 Squadron Llc, Costa Mesa, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-10A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 155474.

    Converted to an OV-10D.

    22 March 1993

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1V0044.

    22 April 1993

    New serial number assigned: PA0010 AMARC

    11 December 1996

    Civil registration N16854 reserved.

    21 March 1997

    To United States Department of State, Patrick AFB, FL with new c/r N16854.

    Operated by Policia Nacional de Colombiana.
    Operated with markings: V-2/PNC-3044

    5 February 2005


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Ormond Beach, Florida

    9 September 2016

    To Burlington Technical Center, Burlington, VT keeping c/r N16854.

    4 August 2017

    To Mangic Foundation, Costa Mesa, CA keeping c/r N16854.

    From 2018 to 2020

    To OV-10 Squadron Llc/Mangic Foundation/Mike Manclark, Chino, CA keeping c/r N16854.

    2019

    Stored in Chino, CA, pending an airworthy restoration.

    2 April 2020

    To OV10 Squadron Llc, Costa Mesa, CA keeping c/r N16854.

    22 March 2021

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX16854 (OV-10D, 155474) issued.

    15 September 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    15 September 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    25 February 2023

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX16854 (OV-10D, 155474) issued.

    24 July 2024


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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