<p>c/n 95
Full US military serial 74-0177
Built 1975 and delivered to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) based at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. Transferred to the 48th TFW at RAF Lakenheath in June 1977 and remained there until replaced by F-15Es in 1992. During her time with the 48th she took part in Operation ‘El Dorado Canyon’, the strike on Tripoli in April 1986 and Operation ‘Desert Shield’ in 1991, based at Taif in Saudi Arabia.
Returned to the US in 1992, she then served with the 27th TFW at Cannon AFB in New Mexico until retired in 1995 and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for desert storage. Allocated to the RAF Museum in 2005, she was delivered to RAF Mildenhall in a C-5 Galaxy and brought by road to Cosford. She remains on display as part of the National Cold War Exhibition.
RAF Museum, Cosford, Shropshire, UK.
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14th August 2016
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/46393666074/">General Dynamics F-111F ’74-177 / LN’</a>