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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A-20-MC (Lot 9) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:163093 USN
    Construction Number:475/A391
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-20-MC (Lot 9) sn 16309...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A-20-MC (Lot 9) by McDonnell Douglas.

    1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163093.

    By November 1986

    Transferred to Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD.

    By October 1987

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-301

    By October 1990

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMFA-251), MCAS Beaufort, SC.
    Operated with markings: 14, DW-14

    27 October 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS New Orleans Airshow

    By May 1999

    Transferred to Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: SD-105

    By July 2002

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23), NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    2008

    Transferred to Navy Flight Demonstration Team (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola. FL.
    Operated with markings: Blue Angels, 6

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Blue Angel 6, Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA. Cropped from larger photo.

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Blue Angel 6, Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA. Cropped from larger photo.

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By 23 July 2011

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 4

    12 June 2012

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 April 2013

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    31 March 2017


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum, Tucson
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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