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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A-12-MC (Lot 6) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:161959 USN
    Construction Number:171
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-12-MC (Lot 6) sn 16195...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A-12-MC (Lot 6) by McDonnell Douglas.

    August 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161959.

    August 1984

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4), NAS point Mugu, CA.

    Circa September 1984

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 5 (VX-5), Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA.

    October 1984

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-301

    1989

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 203 (VFA-203), NAS Cecil Field, FL.

    1997

    Transferred to Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola, FL.

    Markings Applied: 4

    20 June 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By October 2004

    Markings Applied: 5

    15 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Miramar Airshow

    Markings Applied: 2

    16 June 2006


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Leeuwarden AB,the Netherlands

    By October 2009

    Markings Applied: 4

    March 2010

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Markings added: 3
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    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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