Aircraft Photo of 162972 | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #420885
Aircraft
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
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

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.

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