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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-32-MC (Lot 13) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:164238 USN
    Construction Number:1001/C223
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-32-MC (Lot 13) sn 1642...
    Latest Owner or Location:Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMF-251), MCAS Beaufort, SC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-32-MC (Lot 13) by McDonnell Douglas.

    26 March 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 164238.

    Circa March 1991

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 35 (VFA-35), NAS Oceana, VA.

    From By November 1992 to After March 1995

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AC-305

    From By November 1998 to After May 2000

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-407

    By May 2000

    Markings Applied: AJ-414

    27 May 2000


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    27 May 2000


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    By 2003

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105), NAS Oceana, VA.

    2003

    Deployed aboard USS Harry S. Truman to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf for combat support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    From By June 2008 to After May 2011

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-302

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NA-301

    By 2016

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMF-251), MCAS Beaufort, SC.

    25 October 2016

    Destroyed.
    Crashed on routine night training mission while on approach to Twentynine Palms, CA. Pilot ejected safely.
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     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
    US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part Two) by Tony Holmes
    Internet Sources
     Airliners.Net
    Airport Data
    Jet Photos
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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