McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C/D Hornet

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F/A-18C Hornet 164675 AJ-401 from VFA-87 “Golden Warriors” NAS Oceana, VA

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F/A-18C Hornet 163733 25 CoNA from VFA-25 “Fist of the Fleet” NAS Lemoore, CA
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CAF CF-188 Hornet 188761 from 425 TFS “Alouette” 3rd Wing CFB Bagotville, QC
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F/A-18C Hornet 163148 AF-06 from VFC-12 “Fighting Omars” NAS Oceana, VA
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Wait a sec. The third one’s not a CONA jet - it’s the 2015 RCAF demo CF-18. :canada:

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Whoops…thanks Mark

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Here a two Spanish Hornets taking off from Leeuwarden Air Base during the 2019 edition of Frisian Flag.

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Red Devils color bird and a hand salute from March 2014

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A bunch of legacy Hornets at NAS Lemoore back in 2004. Who thought they would ever be gone. On the other hand, the Super was already introduced at that time.

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Some Hornets aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) back in 2006.

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Some recent legacy Hornet movements in the UK during Exercise Cobra Warrior.

188758_McDonnellDouglasCF-18Hornet_RoyalCanadianAirForce_EGXW_Img01 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr

HN-446_McDonnellDouglasFA-18CHornet_FinnishAirForce_EGXW_Img03 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr

HN-446_McDonnellDouglasFA-18CHornet_FinnishAirForce_EGXW_Img01 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr

And a few relatively recent ones from RIAT and other places.

CE15-07_McDonnellDouglasEF-18BHornet_SpanishAF_FFD_Img01 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr

C15-21_McDonnellDouglasEF-18AHornet_SpanishAF_FFD_Img01 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr

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Yuma, October 29th, 2011
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Oof, that’s a tired looking Hornet.

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Just a test shot from my phone.

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Taken at yorknite 23

Darren

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A Swiss family model flying out of Emmen Air Base back in 2018.

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one from a base tour of RAF Leeming a couple of years back. taken from the tower balcony during exercise yorknite.
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Darren

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here’s another cf-18 courtesy of the Canadian airforce during ex cobra warrior 2024-2
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Darren

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here I am again with another hornet from this years cobra warrior. and just to warn those who are getting sick of seeing them,yorknite starts end of this month so expect a barrage of Swiss f18 action soon, :grinning:
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Darren

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Bengals at Night

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Here we have the canadian display jet at this years air tattoo. If im honest, ive never been a big fan of the canadian display jets livery. They always seem “over busy” imo.
Great display though.

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I agree with this livery, a missed opportunity for such a big anniversary. In the past they’ve produced some cracking specials though, the 2003 tiger scheme being my favourite. Jim Bellivue (sp) was the genius behind some great specials for years, now it’s too ‘corporate’. Lovely shot of it though!

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Ooooo, thats sexy.
Love it

Darren

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I think Mr. Engineer @M.M would take offense with how the gears are totally not “gearing”…

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