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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:YA-37A Dragonfly
    Last Military Serial:62-5951 USAF
    Construction Number:40719
    Compressed ID:Cessna YA-37A sn 62-5951 USAF cn 40...
    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 T-37B-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-5951.

    This aircraft was modified to serve as a prototype for the T-37C.

    1963

    Converted to a YAT-37D.

    December 1964

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    From December 1964 to August 1966

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, Ohio, United States.

    This aircraft was one of two used to develop the A-37A. The program was originally terminated in 1964, but losses of A-1s in Vietnam brought about reactivation of the program in 1966.

    August 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-5951.

    Circa 1966

    Redesignated as YA-37A.

    July 1970

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    July 1970

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Stored at this location until new museum opened in August 1971.
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    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In the Southeast Asia War gallery, now up on posts
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
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     Glenn Chatfield
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