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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III
    Latest Model:C-17A Globemaster III
    Last Military Serial:07-7169 USAF
    Construction Number:50180
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-17A sn 07-7169 USAF cn 501...
    Latest Owner or Location:3rd Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-17A by Boeing at Long Beach, CA.

    September 2007

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 07-7169.

    2 October 2007

    Transferred to 3rd Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, DE.
    Operated with markings: DOVER

    25 March 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA
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