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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-23-MC (Lot 10) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:163448 USN
    Construction Number:655
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-23-MC (Lot 10) sn 1634...
    Latest Owner or Location:NAS North Island, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-23-MC (Lot 10) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163448.

    7 January 1988

    Transferred to VFA-82, NAS Cecil Field, FL.

    By 17 August 1997

    Transferred to VFA-81 (Sunliners).
    Operated with markings: 410, VFA-81, SUNLINERS, 410

    17 August 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Elmira, New York.

    Markings Applied: 230, SH

    13 October 2006

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.

    To NAS North Island, San Diego, CA.
    Only the fuselage survived here.
    View the Location Dossier

    September 2008

    Scrapped.


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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson

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