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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III
    Latest Model:C-17A Lot XV Globemaster III
    Last Military Serial:03-3127 USAF
    Construction Number:50135
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-17A Lot XV sn 03-3127 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-17A Lot XV by Boeing at Long Beach, CA.

    8 November 2004

    First flight.

    10 November 2004

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 03-3127.

    From 10 November 2004 to After March 2010

    Transferred to 6th Airlift Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: McGuire

    25 March 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    25 March 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    By May 2014

    Transferred to 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, WA.
    Operated with markings: MCCHORD
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