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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18B- 5-MC (Lot 4) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:161354 USN
    Construction Number:22/B005
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18B- 5-MC (Lot 4) sn 16135...
    Latest Owner or Location:USNTPS, NAS Patuxent River, MD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18B- 5-MC (Lot 4) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161354.

    1983


    Photographer: Robert Dias

    By 19 May 1990

    Transferred to Blue Angels, NAS Pensacola, FL.

    By 19 May 1990

    Markings Applied: 7

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Andrews AFB Md Airshow

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Andrews AFB Md Airshow

    Transferred to USNTPS, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    4 October 1999

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Cut up to become F-18D flight simulator.

    17 September 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    27 July 2022


    Photographer: Steven Dennis
    Notes: Taken at EAA Airventure Oshkosh, WI

    15 September 2023


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV.


    Your Assistance is Needed: The identity of the airframe to which the cockpit section in the following photos has been reported as BuNo 161354. However as you can clearly see, the following photos seem to indicate a single seat, and now a two seat B or D model. Can you confirm the true identity of the airframe to which this cockpit section originally belonged?
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    Print Sources
     US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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