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Northrop YF-17 Experimental Aircraft - 428-GX-K-118821 (25694453890)

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428-GX-K-118821: Naval Air Station, Miramar, San Diego, California. YF-17A/F-18 Prototype aircraft is ready to take off. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, with Northrop as principal subcontractor, is building the F-18 “Hornet” for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. When the F-18 joins the fleet, it will replace both the F-4 “Phantom II” for fighter escort and the A-7 “Corsair II” in light attack missions. Photographed by PH2 James C. Brown, October 28, 1977. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/22).

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1977 - 1980
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National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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https://www.history.navy.mil
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