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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10C Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:79-0209 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-473
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10C sn 79-0209...
    Latest Owner or Location:358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    4 March 1981

    First flight.

    24 March 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0209.

    March 1981

    Transferred to 74th Tactical Fighter Squadron/23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: EL

    From Circa August 1990 to Circa February 1991

    Deployed to King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia, for combat in Operation Desert Storm.

    29 March 2001

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AC0258.
    For GPS modifications.

    23 May 2001

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0209.

    23 May 2001

    Transferred to 74th Fighter Squadron/23rd Fighter Wing, England AFB, LA.

    26 March 2002

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AC0286.
    For wing modifications.

    16 April 2002

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0209.
    RTS with 74th FS/23rd FW.

    2006

    Transferred to 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: DM

    From Circa August 2006 to 29 November 2006

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).
    For conversion to A-10C.

    From Circa August 2006 to 29 November 2006

    Converted to an A-10C.

    29 November 2006

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 79-0209.
    RTS with 357th FS/355th Wing.

    15 May 2009


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, CA.

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    By 2011

    Transferred to 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
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