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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18D-38-MC (Lot 15) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:164702 USMC
    Construction Number:1141/D104
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18D-38-MC (Lot 15) sn 1647...
    Latest Owner or Location:Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 [VMFA (AW)-242], MCAS Iwakuni, Japan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18D-38-MC (Lot 15) by McDonnell Douglas.

    By 1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 164702.

    April 1993

    Transferred to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 [VMFA (AW)-533], MCAS Beaufort, SC.
    Operated with markings: ED-400

    From By 1996 to After August 2004

    Transferred to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 [VMFA (AW)-224], MCAS Beaufort, SC.
    Operated with markings: BM-503

    By June 2003

    Markings Applied: WK-03

    7 June 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    By May 2007

    Transferred to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 [VMFA (AW)-225], MCAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: CE-12

    From By April 2009 to After February 2014

    Transferred to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 [VMFA (AW)-242], MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.
    Operated with markings: DT-12

    By May 2012

    Markings Applied: DT-08
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