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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:OA-37B Dragonfly
    Last Military Serial:73-1091 USAF
    Construction Number:43457
    Compressed ID:Cessna OA-37B sn 73-1091 USAF cn 43...
    Latest Owner or Location:169th Tactical Air Support Squadron/182nd Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Peoria, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-37B.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 73-1091.

    Circa 1974

    Transferred to 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron/182nd Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Peoria, IL.
    Operated with markings: IL

    Circa 1980

    Converted to an OA-37B.

    21 March 1988

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AB0002.

    Circa 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 73-1091.
    Returned to service.

    Circa 1988

    Transferred to 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron/182nd Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Peoria, IL.
    Operated with markings: IL

    23 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At NAS Glenview, IL open house

    April 1992

    Withdrawn from use.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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