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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:YF-17A
    Last Military Serial:201570 USN
    Construction Number:2
    Compressed ID:Northrop YF-17A sn 201570 USN cn 2
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YF-17A.

    21 August 1974

    First flight.

    Circa August 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-1570.

    1974

    Flew test flights competing against the YF-16 for production.

    October 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 201570.

    Was extensively used for development work for the F-18.

    September 1976

    Attended the Farnborough Air Show.

    September 1976


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Farnborough.

    11 September 1976


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1976 photo at Farnborough Air Show

    By June 1977

    Markings Applied: 42, F-18 PROTOTYPE
    2-toned blue-grey camouflage.

    June 1977

    Attended the Paris Air Show.

    By July 1989

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    28 February 1994


    Photographer: Ewo van Houten
    Notes: YF-17 Cobra, 72-1570(BuA 201570), preserved inside NMNA NAS Pensacola

    By May 1996

    Loaned to USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Battleship Alabama Memorial

    9 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Battleship Alabama Memorial

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Battleship Alabama Memorial

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 September 2023


    Photographer: Tom Tessier


    Photographer: Unknown
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    Print Sources
     American Combat Planes of the 20th Century by Ray Wagner
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     1000 Aircraft Photos (Aeroplane Photo Supply) by Ron Dupas and Johan Visschedijk
    AB Pic
    Air History.org
    Airliners.Net
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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