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    Airframe Family: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    Latest Model:A-10A Thunderbolt II
    Last Military Serial:77-0252 USAF
    Construction Number:A10-177
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Republic A-10A sn 77-0252...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cradle of Aviation Museum, Mitchell Field, Garden City, Long Island, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-10A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 77-0252.

    3 June 1979

    Transferred to 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk.

    By 1983

    Transferred to 176th TFS, 115th TFW, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field, WI.

    Circa 1983


    Photographer: David W. Menard
    Notes: Taken at Truax Field ANGB, Madison, Wisconsin. Part of the 176th TFS, 115th TFW, WI ANG.

    To Cradle of Aviation Museum, Mitchell Field, Garden City, Long Island, NY.
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    14 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (77-0252) Front Fuselage - This Cold War-era U.S. Air Force ground-attack aircraft is on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, LI. The front fuselage section has been preserved to allow museum-goers a view of the cockpit.
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