| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 161217 |
| Military Code: | NASA 852 |
| Fleet number: | 852 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet |
| C/n (msn): | 16/B003 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Unit Markings: | Dryden Flight Research Center |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KEDW IATA: EDW Local: EDW Other: - |
| Event: | Edwards AFB Open House 1999 |
| Photo Date: | 10 October 1999 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 642810 |
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This Fiscal Year 1979 F/A-18B (Block 4) was delivered to the US Navy on 9 March 1981. It first served VFA-125 (NJ-521 and later NJ-501) and was then transferred as XF-27 with VX-4 in mid-1983. It was temporary assigned to NAWC-AD at Warminster before the jet was moved to NASA Dryden. It arrived there in mid-1995 and received 852 as a code on 7 September 1996. It assigned theoretical registration N852NA was not seen on the aircraft when it participated in the Edwards airshow. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 January 2024, and has since been viewed 318 times. |