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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:AV-8B-9-MC Harrier II
    Last Military Serial:162972 USMC
    Construction Number:512098/92
    Compressed ID:McDD AV-8B-9-MC sn 162972 USMC cn 5...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cherry Point MCAS, Cherry Point, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AV-8B-9-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    23 July 1987

    First flight.

    24 August 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 162972.

    24 August 1987

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WP-01

    29 August 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed at open house, NAS Glenview, IL

    By May 1988

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WH-11

    By December 1990

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: CG-11

    From Circa January 1991 to Circa March 1991

    Deployed to Al Jubail AB, Saudi Arabia for combat in Operation Desert Storm.

    By July 1994

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WP-20

    23 July 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: During air show at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    23 July 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: During air show at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    Markings Applied: 199

    From Circa March 2002 to After May 2009

    Assigned to Cherry Point MCAS, Cherry Point, NC for storage.
    Survives here stored dismantled.
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    6 February 2003

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.
    Possibly rebuilt as AV-8B+.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
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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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    Harrier.org.uk
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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