As Requested by "AvxtionWxxb"
Ordered 11/1981. Built as a Block 20, A model Hornet.
Delivered 08/02/88.
In Service 75SQN 2000.
Had a 75SQN 60th Anniversary commemorative scheme applied to the tail in 2002.
Deployed to the Gulf (based in Qatar?) on operations Bastille and Falconer with 75SQN (or a composite unit based on 75SQN) 08/02/2003-15/05/2003. Missions undertaken by RAAF Hornets between 20 March and 2 May 2003 ranged from defensive counter-air (DCA) to close air support (CAS) and strike. Noted in a photograph as having markings that indicated 8 bombing missions.
Upgraded to HUG Phase 2.
In Service 3SQN 16/06/2006.
Noted wearing 75SQN markings 09/05/08.
Transferred to History & Heritage – Air Force (HH-AF) and on display at RAAF Base Williamtown AHC.
P.S. Requesting Liveries from now on will be dealt with via private messages only. And fictional liveries will get a straight-out NO!
JamesGreig
SubToKakacracmYT
5 months ago
AvxtionWxxb
GroomLake author
8 months ago