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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:163106 USN
    Construction Number:495/A409
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-20-MC (Lot 9) sn 16310...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163106.

    By October 1988

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-410

    From Circa September 1990 to February 1991

    Flew combat missions in support of Operation Desert Storm.

    Flew missions in support of Operation Southern Watch in Iraq, and Operation Continue Hope in Somalia.

    By March 1999

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 97 (VFA-97), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NH-210

    Flew missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    The Boeing Museum of Flight states that this plane also served with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314), MCAS Miramar, CA and Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94), NAS Lemoore, CA., but gave no dates.

    From 2004 to 2016

    Transferred to Navy Flight Demonstration Team (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola. FL.

    By August 2006

    Markings Applied: 6

    10 November 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Blue Angels Homecoming, NAS Pensacola FL

    From By May 2007 to After November 2007

    Markings Applied: 5

    9 November 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Blue Angels Homecoming, NAS Pensacola FL

    From By February 2009 to After January 2011

    Markings Applied: 2

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Blue Angel #2 at Davenport, IA

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Blue Angel #2 at Davenport, IA

    From By March 2014 to After October 2014

    Markings Applied: 4

    26 April 2014


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX Open House.

    From By May 2015 to After August 2015

    Markings Applied: 5

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    23 August 2016

    Loaned to Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
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    Airport Data
    Museum of Flight
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Tom Tessier
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