Aircraft Photo of 164560 | McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II+ | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #421650
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:164560
Military Code:CG-30
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):245
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:VMA-231
Location
City / Airport:Chicago / West Chicago - DupageMap
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KDPA   IATA: DPA   Local: DPA   Other: -
Event:DuPage Airshow 1995
 
Photo Date:22 July 1995
Photo by:Glenn Chatfield
Photo ID: 421650
Photo Comment

25 Mar '94: First flight. 23 May '94: TOS USMC and assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By 4/97: VMA-542, MCAS Cherry Point. By 2/03: VMA-231 and deployed aboard USS Nassau for combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom I until 5/03. 3/07 to 9/07: VMA-231 deployed Al Asad for combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom V. 9/07: While still deployed the plane was taken over by VMA-542 again and remained deployed until April 2008s for Operation Iraqi Freedom VI. By 2010:VMA-223, MCAS Cherry Point.

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