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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-48-MC (Lot 18) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:J-5005 SwiAF
    Construction Number:1327/SFC005
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-48-MC (Lot 18) sn J-50...
    Latest Owner or Location:FLGST-11, Meiringen

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-48-MC (Lot 18) by McDonnell Douglas.
    Assembled from US supplied components by Schweizer Flugzeuge und System AG, Emmen, Switzerland.

    23 September 1997

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-5005.

    Markings Applied: 005, J-5005

    10 July 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    5 April 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland

    5 April 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland

    By May 2018

    Transferred to FLGST-11, Meiringen.

    18 May 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NATO Tiger Meet, Poznan-Krzesiny, Poland

    18 May 2018


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: During NATO Tiger Meet 2018 at 31st BLT in Poznan-Krzesiny, Poland.
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