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    Airframe Family: Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
    Latest Model:MV-22B Osprey
    Last Military Serial:166494 USMC
    Construction Number:D0073
    Compressed ID:Bell-Boeing MV-22B sn 166494 USMC c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 21 (HX-21), NAS Patuxent River, MD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MV-22B.

    Circa 2005

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 166494.

    From By May 2006 to After May 2007

    Transferred to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), MCAS New River, Camp Lejeune, NC.
    Operated with markings: EG-12

    By August 2008

    Transferred to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (VMM-266), MCAS New River, Camp Lejeune, NC.
    Operated with markings: ES-12

    By August 2008

    Deployed to Iraq.

    From 28 December 2014 to After 2020

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 21 (HX-21), NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: 73, 6494

    14 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    14 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    14 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    14 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA
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