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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A-14-MC (Lot 7) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:162403 USN
    Construction Number:231/A183
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-14-MC (Lot 7) sn 16240...
    Latest Owner or Location:Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A-14-MC (Lot 7) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162403.

    26 March 1985

    Transferred to VMFA-323, MCAS El Toro, CA.

    To Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
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    Painted in a VMFA-323 colour scheme.

    28 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed outside Palm Springs Airport, California

    4 October 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

    9 April 2022


    Photographer: Paul Cremin
    Notes: Taken at the Palm Springs Air Museum
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