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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-30-MC (Lot 12) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:164021 USN
    Construction Number:905/C162
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-30-MC (Lot 12) sn 1640...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Air Warfighting Development Center, NAS Fallon, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-30-MC (Lot 12) by McDonnell Douglas.

    28 March 1990

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 164021.

    By May 1994

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 146 (VFA-146), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NG-307

    21 May 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house

    From By March 1999 to After October 2005

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NH-413

    From 3 March 2003 to November 2003

    Deployed aboard USS Nimitz to the Persian Gulf for combat flights supporting Iraqi Freedom.

    7 May 2005

    Deployed aboard USS Nimitz to the Persian Gulf for combat flights supporting Iraqi Freedom.

    From By August 2007 to After March 2010

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-312

    27 August 2007

    Damaged.
    While making emergency landing at NAS Lemoore,AaCA wheel mount caught in wire causing Class A damage. Pilot uninjured.

    By 4 May 2018

    Transferred to Naval Air Warfighting Development Center, NAS Fallon, NV.
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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
    US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part One) by Tony Holmes
    Internet Sources
     AirFighters.com
    Airport Data
    Jet Photos
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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