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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A-22-MC (Lot 9) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:163152 USN
    Construction Number:576/A483
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-22-MC (Lot 9) sn 16315...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A-22-MC (Lot 9) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163152.

    29 June 1987

    Transferred to VMFA-314, MCAS El Toro, CA.

    1 July 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient ramp with VFA 125

    By 14 October 2000

    Transferred to VMFAT-101.

    By 14 October 2000

    Markings Applied: 222, VMFAT-101, SH, 22

    14 October 2000


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Miramar Airshow

    4 April 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    By March 2006

    To Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, CA.
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    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: The paint is starting to fade.

    To Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    Markings Applied: VMFA-314, code VW-01

    20 October 2022


    Photographer: Ewo Houten
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    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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