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    Airframe Family: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
    Latest Model:OV-10D Bronco
    Last Military Serial:155502 USMC
    Construction Number:305-113
    Last Civil Registration:N470DF
    Compressed ID:North American Rockwell OV-10D sn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-10A.

    By 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 155502.

    14 October 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 55502 : NA OV-10D Bronco : US Marine Corps - From squadron VMO-1, coded ER/17.

    Converted to an OV-10D.

    17 October 1994

    To American Warbirds, Inc of Gaithersburg, MD with new c/r N477AW.

    21 October 1997

    To United States Department of State, Patrick AFB, FL keeping c/r N477AW.

    30 April 2010

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N470DF.

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    By 17 September 2012

    Operated as fire service #505 with markings: 505, CAL FIRE, 505

    17 September 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the CDF base in Redding, California.

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    4 May 2017


    Photographer: Tom Vance
    Notes: KRDD: OV-10 Ship 505 at Redding Calfire Base Air Ops building.

    30 September 2023

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N470DF.
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