McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18A Hornet - Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson, AZ - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

Located outside of the Pima Air & Space Museum is a McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18A static display, along with other modern fighter jets. There's a webpage devoted to this plane from the museum website and it reads:

The Hornet was developed in the mid-1970s as a replacement for the F-4 Phantom and the A-7 Corsair that were then in use by the U.S. Navy and Marines as ground attack aircraft. The F/A-18 was derived from the YF-17 that had competed for the U.S. Air Force contract that resulted in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The YF-17 was redesigned to add more fuel, folding wings, and strengthened landing gear among other changes to adapt it for use from aircraft carriers. The first production versions of the Hornet went into service with the Navy and Marines in 1983. Most of the early F/A-18A Hornets have been retired but some continue to fly with Navy and Marine training squadrons. The F/A-18C and the newest F/A-18E and F Super Hornets are the primary fighters and attack aircraft for the US Navy and Marines. Hornets have been sold to several foreign nations including Australia, Canada, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, Kuwait, and Malaysia.

The F/A-18 was adopted by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerial demonstration team in 1986. It has now served with the team for 26 years. That makes it the longest serving aircraft type to fly with the Navy's aerial demonstration team.

Many of these planes move around within the museum grounds so keep this in mind when visiting and trying to locate a particular aircraft.

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18A Hornet Tail Number: (S/N): 163093 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Pima Air & Space Museum inside / outside: outside Other Information:: Open 7 Days a Week 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission at 4 p.m.) Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas day. Access restrictions: Adult (ages 13 & up) $15.50 $20.00 Pima County Resident $12.25 $16.25 Senior/Military $12.75 $16.75 Junior (ages 7-12) $9.00 $12.50 Child (6 & Under) FREE Group of 20+ $12.50

Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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