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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-49-MC (Lot 18) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:J-5011 SwiAF
    Construction Number:1351/SFC011
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-49-MC (Lot 18) sn J-50...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flieger Staffel 11, Meiringen AB

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-49-MC (Lot 18) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-5011.

    By 30 May 2004

    Transferred to Flieger Staffel 11, Payerne AB.

    30 May 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Pratica di Mare AB Airshow, Italy

    15 July 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    24 June 2005


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Zeltweg, Austria

    29 June 2008


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Landivisiau AB, France

    18 September 2009


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Nato Tiger Meet 2009 at Kleine Brogel, Belgium

    By 23 June 2014

    Transferred to Flieger Staffel 11, Meiringen AB, Switzerland.

    By 23 June 2014

    Markings Applied: 011, Staffel 11

    23 June 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at the NATO Tiger Meet, Schleswig-Jagel AB, FRG

    20 May 2016


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Nato Tiger Meet 2016 at Zaragoza AB, Spain

    By June 2017

    Transferred to Flieger Staffel 11, Meiringen AB.

    14 June 2017


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Landivisiau, Finistere, France

    18 May 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols


    Photographer: Unknown
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