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===Current location of the aircraft=== *XC-99, AF Ser. No. ''43-52436'' is now part of the National Museum of the United States Air Force collection at Wright-Patterson AFB. The aircraft was disassembled at Kelly AFB, Texas and its sections transported to NMUSAF for anti-corrosion preservation and reassembly there.<ref name="Goleta">Lockett, Brian. [http://www.air-and-space.com/xc99.htm "Convair XC-99 and Model 37."] ''Goleta Air and Space Museum'' via ''air-and-space.com'', 19 February 2011. Retrieved: 2 November 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Bruce R. |title=XC-99 begins piece-by-piece trip to Air Force Museum |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/137090/xc-99-begins-piece-by-piece-trip-to-air-force-museum/ |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=U.S. Air Force |date=22 April 2004}}</ref> It was subsequently transported in the summer of 2012 to Davis-Monthan AFB and is stored in Area 20 of the 309 AMARG complex, the so-called "Boneyard", pending financial resources sufficient to restore the aircraft and return it to NMUSAF for display.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
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