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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18D-34-MC (Lot 13) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:164254 USMC
    Construction Number:1017/D076
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18D-34-MC (Lot 13) sn 1642...
    Latest Owner or Location:Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101), MCAS Miramar, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18D-34-MC (Lot 13) by McDonnell Douglas.

    By May 2005

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 164254.

    From By May 2005 to After January 2020

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 (VX-9), Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA.
    Operated with markings: XE-401

    By December 2013

    Markings Applied: XE-444

    19 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAWS China Lake Airshow

    19 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By January 2020

    Markings Applied: XE-320

    By August 2020

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101), MCAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: SH-320

    June 2023

    Markings Applied: SH-269

    24 June 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: A fly-over of the Quad Cities Airshow, Davenport, IA, with F/A-18C 165218.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Air History.org
    China Lake Alumni
    China Lake Alumni
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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