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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A- 7-MC (Lot 4) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:161527 USN
    Construction Number:44/A035
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A- 7-MC (Lot 4) sn 16152...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A- 7-MC (Lot 4) by McDonnell Douglas.

    22 September 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161527.

    By October 1982

    To VFA-125.
    Markings added: NJ-540

    By November 1983

    Markings Applied: NJ-550

    By September 1987

    Transferred to U. S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Operated with markings: 2
    Flew as #2 Blue Angel.

    By July 1991

    Transferred to Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility (NWEF) Albuquerque, NM.
    Operated with markings: NWEF-527

    To Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, VA.
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    2005

    To Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA.
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