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    Airframe Family: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
    Latest Model:OV-10A Bronco
    Last Military Serial:Bu155429 USMC
    Construction Number:305-040
    Last Civil Registration:N685
    Compressed ID:North American Rockwell OV-10A sn B...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-10A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo Bu155429.

    10 May 1993

    To U S Department of The Interior, Boise, ID with new c/r N685.

    From Circa 1999 to Circa 2008

    To California Department of Forestry, Mather, CA keeping c/r N685.

    From Circa 1999 to Circa 2000

    Placed in open storage at Mather, CA. Used as a source for spares.

    1 September 2000

    Civil registration, N685, cancelled.
    By request of the owner.

    Circa 2006

    Stored dismantled in the CDF compound at McClellan, still in the USMC markins and color scheme.

    To California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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