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USA - Air Force Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II 82-0654 at Fairford (FFD / EGVA), UK
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    Note the serial shown on the engine cover - is the aircraft really serialled "82-2654"?

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WarthogCC   2007-08-10  
The production year is 1982 and the 2 is dropped to reveal the aircraft #.
Hence 82-2654 is shortened to 654 on the nose/tail.
That much I know.

I recall my 7-level (maintenance training instructor) telling me that the extra digit is the production batch number.
So that would mean aircraft #654 was part of batch #2 in 1982. Can probably also be referred to as "assembly 82-2".

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