14 Jul 1988: First flight. 4 Aug 1988: TOS USMC and assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. Ca.10/90: VMA-542, MCAS Cherry Point.While with this unit, it deployed to Al Jubail AB, Saudi Arabia and flew combat in Desert Storm. By 7/95: VMA-223, MCAS Cherry Point. By 1999: Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203), MCAS Cherry Point. 9/04: SOC. The airframe was still being used for parts and/or training when observed in the AV-8 maintenance hangar at Cherry Point in 2012.

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