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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A-12-MC (Lot 6) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:161955 USN
    Construction Number:166/A128
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-12-MC (Lot 6) sn 16195...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A-12-MC (Lot 6) by McDonnell Douglas.

    1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161955.

    1984

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-410

    1990

    Transferred to Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Operated with markings: Blue Angels, U.S. NAVY, 6

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Andrews AFB Md Airshow

    By 8 April 1995

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, U.S. NAVY, 1

    8 April 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Cherry Point Airshow, NC

    5 November 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Cecil Field airshow

    20 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Dayton Air and Trade Show in Dayton, Ohio.

    2004

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    From 15 September 2004 to 16 September 2004

    Lost its nose radome in Hurricane Ivan.

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2016

    Markings Applied: VFA-25, NK-411
    Painted and marked as when with VFA-25.
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    National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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