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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18C-24-MC (Lot 10) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:163485 USN
    Construction Number:717/C044
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18C-24-MC (Lot 10) sn 1634...
    Latest Owner or Location:Navy Flight Demonstration Team (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18C-24-MC (Lot 10) by McDonnell Douglas.

    9 June 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163485.

    By January 1989

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83), NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: AA-304

    From 7 August 1990 to 28 March 1991

    Deployed aboard USS Saratoga to the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea for combat support of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

    By October 1998

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 86 (VFA-86), NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: AB-407

    By April 2009

    Transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-332

    April 2016

    Transferred to Navy Flight Demonstration Team (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Operated with markings: Blue Angels, 1

    21 April 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth, TX.

    27 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    By March 2018

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 3

    From By December 2018 to After 5 April 2019

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 4

    By 28 May 2019

    Markings Applied: Blue Angel, 6

    1 June 2019

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 5

    By 29 June 2019

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 6

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    From July 2019 to After 3 August 2019

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 4

    By August 2019

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels, 6
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Tom Tessier
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