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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-9/MD-81/MD-82/MD-83/MD-87/MD-88/MD-89 / C-9
    Latest Model:C-9C
    Last Military Serial:73-1683 USAF
    Construction Number:47671
    Last Civil Registration:N683AL
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-9C sn 73-1683 USAF cn 476...
    Latest Owner or Location:Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    1975

    Constructed as a VC-9C.

    11 March 1975

    First flight.

    2 May 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 73-1683.

    2 May 1975

    Transferred to 89th Military Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD.

    1977

    Redesignated as C-9C.

    10 February 1996


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed (35mm slide) from Cedar Rapids, IA control tower

    2002

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    2003

    Transferred to 73rd Airlift Squadron, 932nd Airlift Wing (AFRES), Scott AFB, IL.

    1 September 2004


    Photographer: unknown

    16 September 2011

    Assigned to Phoenix Mesa-Williams, AZ for storage.

    26 October 2011

    To U. S. Department of State, Patrick AFB, FL with new c/r N683AL.

    26 October 2011

    Based at US State Department Air Wing, Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport (Williams AFB), Phoenix, AZ.
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    17 June 2012


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy
    Notes: 73-1683 is the correct USAF serial number. Current owner is the US State Department Air Wing.

    27 September 2013

    To Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR.
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    27 September 2013

    To Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR with new c/r N683AL.

    24 June 2015


    Photographer: David Blaker
    Notes: Displayed outside at Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR

    16 September 2016

    Civil registration, N683AL, cancelled.
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     1000 Aircraft Photos (Aeroplane Photo Supply) by Ron Dupas and Johan Visschedijk
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Aviation Enthusiast Corner
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    RZJets
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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