First flow on 8 February 1982 and delivered to the Marineflieger (German Naval Aviation) on 27 April 1982. It was first assigned to the Test Gruppe 11, but soon after to Marinefliegergeschwader 1. In 1995, after MFG 1 was disbaded, the aircraft was transferred to the Luftwaffe and assigned to test unit Wehrtechnische Dienststelle (WDT) 61. It then continued service with the Luftwaffe and was last seen operational in late 2020 with Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader (TLG) 51 "Immelmann".