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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-35-MC (Lot 14) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:164627 USN
    Construction Number:1043/C256
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-35-MC (Lot 14) sn 1646...
    Latest Owner or Location:Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106), NAS Oceana, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-35-MC (Lot 14) by McDonnell Douglas.

    23 September 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 164627.

    September 1991

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-300

    By June 1994

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-336

    12 June 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Aurora, IL

    From By July 1996 to After April 2009

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-300

    12 July 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At another wet Yeovilton photo call.

    November 2001

    Deployed aboard USS Enterprise to the Mediterranean Sea for combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    March 2003

    Deployed aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Persian Gulf for combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    By October 2009

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-313
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier was started by a contributor.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part Two) by Tony Holmes
    Internet Sources
     Airliners.Net
    Airport Data
    Jet Photos
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Ken Videan
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