
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | 162972 |
Military Code: | WP-20 |
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): | 512098/092 |
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: | 420885 |
Photo Comment |
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23 Jul 1987: First flight. 24 Aug 1987: TOS USMC and assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By 5/88: VMA-542, MCAS Cherry Point. By 12/90: VMA-231, which deployed to Al Jubail Air Base, Saudi Arabia for combat in Operation Desert Storm. By 7/94: VMA-223. By 3/02: Stored dismantled at Cherry Point. 6 Feb 2003 SOC. As late as May 2009 was still dismantled at Cherry Point. This photo is copyright © Glenn Chatfield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 13 December 2021, and has since been viewed 187 times. |