Hornets phased out in 2013) VFA-127 1989–1996 (disestablished) VFA-131 1984–2018 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-132 1984–1992 (disestablished) VFA-136 1985–2008 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-137 1985–2003 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-146 1989–2015 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-147 1989–2007 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, but currently operating the F-35C Lightning II) VFA-151 1986–2013 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-161 1986–1988 (disestablished) VFA-192 1986–2014 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-195 1985–2011 (converted to the F/A-18E Super Hornet) VFA-201 1999–2007 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished) VFA-203 1990–2004 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished) VFA-204 1990–present (Naval Air Reserve Force) VFA-303 1990–1994 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished) VFA-305 1990–1994 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished) VX-4 1982-1994 (merged with VX-5 in 1994 to form VX-9) VX-5 1983-1994 (merged with VX-4 in 1994 to form VX-9) VX-9 1994–2020 (legacy hornets phased out in 2020; currently operate F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircraft) VX-23 VX-31 Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center / Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center United States Marine Corps Aviation 273 F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets in operation as of 2015 VMFA-112 1992–present (Marine Air Reserve) VMFA-115 1985–present VMFA-122 1986–2017 (converted to F-35B) VMFA-134 1989–2007 (Marine Corps Reserve; placed in cadre status) VMFA-142 1990–2008 (Marine Corps Reserve; placed in cadre status) VMFA-212 1988–2008 VMFA-232 1989–present VMFA-235 1989–1996 (disestablished) VMFA-251 1987–2020 VMFA-312 1987–present VMFA-314 1982–2019 (converted to F-35C) VMFA-321 1991–2004 (Marine Corps Reserve; disestablished) VMFA-323 1982–present VMFA-333 1987–1992 (disestablished) VMFA-451 1987-1997 (re-designated to VMFAT-501 April 2010, converted to F-35) VMFA-531 1984–1992 (disestablished) VMFA(AW)-121 1989–2012 (converted to F-35B) VMFA(AW)-224 1993–present VMFA(AW)-225 1991–2020 (to convert to F-35B) VMFA(AW)-242 1991-2020 (to convert to F-35B) VMFA(AW)-332 1993–2007 (disestablished) VMFA(AW)-533 1992–present VMFAT-101 1987–present (fleet replacement squadron for USMC and USN; operates F/A-18A/A+/B/C/D) MAWTS-1 1990–present NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (formerly Dryden Flight Research Center) - 4 F/A-18s in use Aircraft on display YF-18A 160775 – U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology, NAWS China Lake, California. This is the first F/A-18A built in 1978. Aircraft was recently restored in the same livery after being built. Aircraft was moved off base for better public viewing. 160780 – Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia. F/A-18A 161353 – Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, NAS Patuxent River, Lexington Park, Maryland. 161366 – Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, main gate. 161367 – Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters Building, NAS Patuxent River, Lexington Park, Maryland. 161712 – Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, in