| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 162943 |
| Military Code: | WP-22 |
| Other Marks: | BULLDOGS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas V-8 Harrier |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II |
| C/n (msn): | 512068/65 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Marines |
| Unit Markings: | VMA-223 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Chicago / West Chicago - DupageMap |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDPA IATA: DPA Local: DPA Other: - |
| Event: | DuPage Air Show 1994 |
| Photo Date: | 23 July 1994 |
| Photo by: | Glenn Chatfield |
| Photo ID: | 419951 |
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22 Sep 86: First flight. 24 Oct 86: TOS USMC and assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By 3/87: Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542), MCAS Cherry Point. By 1990: VMA-231, MCAS Cherry Point. 8/90 to 3/91: Deployed to Al Jubail Air Base, Saudi Arabia, for combat missions in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. By 7/94 to after 5/96: VMA-223, MCAS Cherry Point. By 4/99: VMAT-203, MCAS Cherry Point. 5/28/99: SOC. 2001: Remanufactured as AV-8B(+), BuNo. 165568 This photo is copyright © Glenn Chatfield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 December 2021, and has since been viewed 160 times. |