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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle / F-15E Strike Eagle
    Latest Model:F-15C-41-MC Eagle
    Last Military Serial:86-0156 USAF
    Construction Number:1003/C384
    Compressed ID:McDD F-15C-41-MC sn 86-0156 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-15C-41-MC.

    Circa 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 86-0156.

    By October 1988

    Transferred to 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: EG

    From 18 February 1994 to April 2022

    Transferred to 493rd Fighter Squadron/48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.
    Operated with markings: LN

    26 March 1999

    Flown by Capt Jeffrey Hwang, shot down two Yugoslav MiG-29s Mar 26, 1999 with AIM-120As during Operation Allied Force.

    28 June 2003


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Airpower 03, Zeltweg, Austria

    13 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: arriving at RAF Fairford RIAT

    14 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    17 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: departing RAF Fairford RIAT

    13 April 2022

    Departed Lakenheath for Klamath Falls, OR.

    April 2022

    Transferred to 114th Fighter Squadron/173rd Fighter Wing (ANG), Kingsley Field ANG Base, Klamath Falls, OR.
    Operated with markings: OR

    Transferred to 131st Fighter Squadron/104th Fighter Wing (ANG), Barnes ANGB, MA.
    Operated with markings: MA

    25 April 2023

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    18 September 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    23 March 2024


    Photographer: Austin Newman
    Notes: Now displayed inside in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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