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    Airframe Family: Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
    Latest Model:OV-1B Mohawk
    Last Military Serial:62-5860 US
    Construction Number:19B
    Last Civil Registration:N512A
    Compressed ID:Grumman OV-1B sn 62-5860 US cn 19B...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-1B.
    Ordered as AO-1B but redesignated during construction.

    January 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 62-5860.

    13 April 1965

    Replaced T53-L-3 engines with T53-L-7 engines.

    16 February 1973

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number YA009.

    To National Air and Space Administration with new c/r N512A.

    January 1979

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army.

    By November 1981

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    18 March 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Defense Technical Information Center
    OV-1 Mohawk Association
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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