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    Airframe Family: Boeing F-18E/F Super Hornet / F-18G Growler
    Latest Model:F/A-18F-54-MC Lot 23 Super Hornet
    Last Military Serial:165796 USN
    Construction Number:1524/F022
    Compressed ID:Boeing F/A-18F-54-MC Lot 23 sn 1657...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, NAS Fallon, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18F-54-MC Lot 23.

    Circa 2002

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 165796.

    By May 2004

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 122 (VFA-122), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-122

    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    From By June 2005 to After September 2007

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 211 (VFA-211), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AB-101

    By November 2008

    Transferred to Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, NAS Fallon, NV.
    Operated with markings: STRIKE, 11

    By October 2012

    Markings Applied: NSAWC, 100

    By November 2013

    Transferred to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, NAS Fallon, NV.
    Operated with markings: NSAWC, 101

    By July 2015

    Markings Applied: 101, NSAWC, 100
    Note: Different code on nose and tail.

    20 July 2015

    Appears to be in storage.
    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Fallon NV

    By January 2019

    Markings Applied: 00
    Navy blue upper surfaces, with light blue stripes on vertical fin and across fuselage top to past the cockpit. Used as the jet flown by Tom Cruises character Maverick in Top Gun sequel.

    By November 2019


    Photographer: Fred Krause

    5 October 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Show at Stead Field near Reno, NV.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
    Internet Sources
     AirFighters.com
    Flicker
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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