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    Airframe Family: General Dynamics F-111
    Latest Model:FB-111A
    Last Military Serial:68-0248 USAF
    Construction Number:B1-20
    Compressed ID:GD FB-111A sn 68-0248 USAF cn B1-20...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a FB-111A.

    10 June 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0248.

    Circa June 1970

    Transferred to 9th Bombardment Squadron, 340th Bombardment Group, Carswell AFB, TX.

    By September 1988

    Transferred to 528th Bombardment Squadron, 380th Bombardment Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

    April 1991

    Markings Applied: Free for All

    July 1991

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    July 1991

    Ferry flight. Delivered to 28 BW/MU, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    July 1991

    Loaned to South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
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    7 September 1991

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    14 September 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2 October 2020


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Noseart
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     FB-111A.net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    George Dietrich
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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