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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A-16-MC (Lot 8) Hornet
    Last Military Serial:162454 USN
    Construction Number:304
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A-16-MC (Lot 8) sn 16245...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A-16-MC (Lot 8) by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162454.

    Transferred to VFC-12.

    By 1986

    Transferred to VMFA-116, MCAS Beaufort, SC.
    Operated with markings: VE-01

    September 1986

    Took part in NATO Exercise Northern Wedding element of Exercise Ocean Safari.

    By 5 November 1995

    Transferred to VF-45, NAS Key West, FL.

    By 5 November 1995

    Markings Applied: 03, 03
    Red 03 on nose, red star on tail.

    5 November 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Cecil Field Airshow

    5 November 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Cecil Field Airshow

    23 April 1996

    Damaged.
    Collided with F/A-18A 162475.

    Restored.
    Cosmetically restored (non-flying).

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    To Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, VA.
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    23 September 2011


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Naval Air Station Oceana (KNTU) in Virginia Beach, Virginia.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Farnborough.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Carlos Aleman
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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