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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:C-97L Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:53-0278 USAF
    Construction Number:17060
    Last Civil Registration:N31333
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-97L sn 53-0278 USAF cn 170...
    Latest Owner or Location:Musee Aeroscopia, Toulouse - Blagnac, Midi-Pyrenees

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    Event

    Constructed as a KC-97G.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-0278.

    Converted to a KC-97L.

    From 6 April 1965 to March 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CH182.

    11 March 1970

    Transferred to 197th ARS, 161st ARG, Arizona ANG, Sky Harbor Airport, AZ.

    By 1975

    Transferred to 191st ARS, 151st ARG, Utah ANG, Salt Lake City IAP, UT.
    Operated with markings: UTAH AIR GUARD

    1975


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    Converted to a C-97L.

    To Tracor Aviation Inc, Goleta, CA with new c/r N31333 (KC-97G, 53278).

    5 October 1982

    Civil registration, N31333, cancelled.

    To Musee Aeroscopia, Toulouse-Blagnac, Midi-Pyrenees.
    Front fuselage preserved.
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