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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-37-MC (Lot 14) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:164686 USN
    Construction Number:1119/C298
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-37-MC (Lot 14) sn 1646...
    Latest Owner or Location:Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204), NAS/JRB New Orleans, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-37-MC (Lot 14) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Circa 1992

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 164686.

    By January 1999

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-307

    From 20 August 2000 to 6 February 2001

    Deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln the Persian Gulf for support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    2003

    Deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln to the Persian Gulf for combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    From By January 2007 to 1 April 2007

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 (VMFA-134), MCAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: MF-01

    April 2007

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-306

    By January 2009

    Transferred to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 [VMFA (AW)-224], MCAS Beaufort, SC.
    Operated with markings: WK-00

    By October 2010

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: AA-306

    By August 2012

    Markings Applied: NA-306

    3 August 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    By October 2017

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106), NAS Oceana, CA.

    From By May 2019 to After 25 September 2019

    Transferred to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, NAS Fallon, NV.
    Operated with markings: NAWDC, 23

    By 18 January 2020

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204), NAS/JRB New Orleans, LA.
    Operated with markings: AF-204
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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
    Airliners.Net
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Lawson
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