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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:YF-17 Cobra
    Last Military Serial:01569 NASA
    Construction Number:1
    Compressed ID:Northrop YF-17 sn 01569 NASA cn 1
    Latest Owner or Location:Western Museum of Flight, Torrance Municipal Airport - Zamperini Field, Los Angeles, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YF-17.

    Circa 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-1569.

    4 April 1974

    Factory Rollout.

    17 November 1974


    Photographer: R.R. Leader

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 201569.

    From 27 May 1976 to 14 July 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 01569.

    Transferred to Dryden Flight Research Center,.

    1976


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    To Western Museum of Flight, Torrance Municipal Airport-Zamperini Field, Los Angeles, CA.
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    November 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Western Museum of Flight, Hawthorne Airport, CA

    November 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At the Western Museum of Flight when it was at Hawthorne Airport, CA.

    By 14 October 2012

    Markings Applied: 201569, F-18 Prototype, NAVY
    Appears to be ficticious markings.

    14 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    26 September 2015


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: Behind YF-23A nose at Western Museum of Flight, Torrance

    31 October 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Western Museum of Flight in Torrance, CA.

    31 October 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Western Museum of Flight in Torrance, CA.

    31 October 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Western Museum of Flight in Torrance, CA.
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