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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:AV-8B(+)-26-MC Harrier II Plus
    Last Military Serial:165425 USMC
    Construction Number:512078/72
    Compressed ID:McDD AV-8B(+)-26-MC sn 165425 USMC...
    Latest Owner or Location:Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542), MCAS Cherry Point, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AV-8B-8-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    13 December 1986

    First flight.

    27 January 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 162950.

    From February 1987 to After April 1995

    To Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Markings added: KD-35

    13 June 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Aurora, IL, Airport

    14 June 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Aurora, IL, Airport

    14 June 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Aurora, IL, Airport

    Circa 2001

    Remanufactured as an AV-8B(+)-26-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
    New construction number, 297, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 2001

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 165425.

    By February 2001

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214), MCAS Yuma, AZ.
    Operated with markings: WE

    By October 2003

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211), MCAS Yuma, AZ.
    Operated with markings: CF-05

    From September 2005 to January 2006

    Deployed aboard USS Tarawa for combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom III.

    From By February 2007 to After April 2010

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), MCAS Yuma, AZ.
    Operated with markings: WL-03

    By May 2009

    Markings Applied: WL-13

    By October 2009

    Markings Applied: WL-00

    By June 2010

    Transferred to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (HMM-165), MCAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: YW-53

    By July 2011

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), MCAS Yuma, AZ.
    Operated with markings: WL-10

    By April 2013

    Markings Applied: WL-09

    By August 2013

    Markings Applied: WL-01

    By March 2014

    Markings Applied: WL-03

    By June 2016

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WH-05
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom by Lon Nordeen
    Internet Sources
     AB Pic
    AirFighters.com
    Airliners.Net
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    Harrier.org.uk
    Jet Photos
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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