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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10A Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:78-0681 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-301
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10A sn 78-0681...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    18 December 1979

    First flight.

    21 December 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 78-0681.

    By April 1989

    Transferred to 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: MB

    Flew 57 missions in Operation Desert Storm, based at King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia.

    21 January 1991

    Flown by Capt. Paul Johnson on an eight-hour rescue support mission during Operation Desert Storm, for which he was awarded the Air Force Cross (NMUSAF).

    January 1992

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    The delivery date is provided.
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    Markings Applied: MB


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    6 November 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Plane Logger
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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