N846NA
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 HornetF18
- Operator
- Nasa Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center
- Mode-S
- AB9750
- Flies as
- NASA846
- Registry
- United States
- FAA status
- Valid
F18 registered to NASA Neil a Armstrong Flight Research Center.
Airframe passport
The current identity we can safely join across FAA registration and movement records. Each claim keeps its source boundary visible.
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS FA-18B operated by NASA Neil a Armstrong Flight Research Center.
FAA Registry N846NA · snapshot Aug 10, 2026 ↗Evidence history
A permanent timeline of exact-aircraft FAA observations. Registry changes and indexed filings share the chronology, but filings are not treated as the cause of a registry change.
Tracked in retained FAA snapshots since May 31, 2026; no identity changes or exact-tail indexed filings are currently loaded.
Flight history
Every tracked trip with route and shape. Event tags mark calendar-linked trips; documented rows have a published JetSweep story or research note.
No flight history loaded for this tail.
Ownership
Attributed to NASA F/A-18B chase aircraft NASA846 · registry confirmed · high confidence