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    Airframe Family: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
    Latest Model:OV-10D Bronco
    Last Military Serial:155479 USMC
    Construction Number:305-090
    Last Civil Registration:N88970
    Compressed ID:North American Rockwell OV-10D sn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ov10 Squadron Llc, Costa Mesa, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-10A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 155479.

    Converted to an OV-10D.

    Transferred to VMO-2.
    Operated with markings: UU

    18 October 1986


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Point Mugu, California.

    18 October 1986


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Point Mugu, California.

    30 April 1993

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1V0048.

    30 April 1993

    New serial number assigned: PA0009 AMARC

    From 25 February 1997 to 1999

    Civil registration N47892 reserved but not taken up.
    Held for Bureau of Alchohol, Tobaco and Firearms.

    20 August 1999

    Civil registration, N47892, cancelled.

    September 1999

    Civil registration, N47892, cancelled.

    21 February 2008

    To unknown owner with c/r N88970.

    15 July 2009

    To National Vietnam War Museum Inc, Mineral Wells, TX keeping c/r N88970.

    31 January 2015

    Civil registration, N88970, cancelled.

    In the inventory of National Vietnam War Museum, Mineral Wells, TX.
    Only the wings survive here.
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    7 December 2017

    To Mangic Foundation, Costa Mesa, CA with new c/r N88970.

    2 April 2020

    To Ov10 Squadron Llc, Costa Mesa, CA keeping c/r N88970.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    MASDC II, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1982-1987 by Fryer and Swann
    MASDC III, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona by Bonny, Swann and Fryer
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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