On static display at Spirit of St. Louis Air Show 2024. The aircraft is assigned to VMFA-323, which traces its origin to VMF-323 "Death Rattlers" that was commissioned on 1 Aug 1943 at MCAS Cherry Point. The unit was involved in intense fighting across the Pacific in WW2, producing several aces. VMFA-323 turned in its F-4 Phantoms in 1982 to transition to the F/A-18A Hornet. In 1993 the squadron started to be equipped with the F/A-18C. VMFA-323 was the first USMC Hornet unit to embark aboard CV-43 USS Coral Sea in 1985 and the last such to fly off CVN-68 USS Nimitz in 2021.