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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:CF-188 Hornet
    Last Military Serial:188729 CAF
    Construction Number:226/A179
    Compressed ID:McDD CF-188 sn 188729 CAF cn 226/A1...
    Latest Owner or Location:409 SQN, CFB Cold Lake, AB

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CF-188 by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 188729.

    24 January 1985

    Transferred to 1st Canadian Air Division, CFB Sollingen, Germany.

    6 June 1993


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the London International Airshow.

    By June 1994

    Transferred to 4 Wing, CFB Cold Lake, AB.

    4 June 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At a very wet Yeovilton photo call.

    6 June 1994


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton, fly past for the 50th anniversary of D-Day

    By June 2011

    Transferred to 409 SQN, CFB Cold Lake, AB.

    22 June 2024


    Photographer: Robert Bryden
    Notes: 425 Sqn at CFB Bagotville QC

    22 June 2024


    Photographer: Robert Bryden
    Notes: 425 Sqn at CFB Bagotville QC
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    Print Sources
     World Air Forces Directory by Ian Carroll
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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