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    Airframe Family: Boeing F-18E/F Super Hornet / F-18G Growler
    Latest Model:F/A-18E Super Hornet
    Last Military Serial:166902 USN
    Construction Number:E176
    Compressed ID:Boeing F/A-18E sn 166902 USN cn E17...
    Latest Owner or Location:VFA-195, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18E.

    By April 2012

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 166902.

    April 2012

    To VFA-195, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.
    Markings added: NF-401

    From 23 June 2017 to 25 July 2017

    Participated in Exercise Talisman Saber 2017.

    27 July 2024


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Photographed a long way from home in Fargo, ND, during the 2024 Fargo AirSho.
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