Posted on 11/01/2014 1:46:48 PM PDT by lbryce
The Hornet Ball (Strike Fighter Ball Pacific) is an annual event consisting of all the West coast Naval F/A-18C Legacy Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons, their pilots and guests.
Each year the event features a video, produced by “Wingnut”, a Hornet pilot himself, compiled from all the squadrons’ last year of flying in both combat and training missions: catapult launches, trap landings, aerobatics, dogfighting against Su-30s and Mig-29s, live firing of air-to-air missiles, HARM anti-radion missiles, LGBs (Laser Guided Bombs), cluster bombs, low level flying in the desert, ATFLIR (Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared) pod clips, and much more.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaviationist.com ...
Enjoy the ride.
BUMP for later...
Excellent thanks!
Is there a lot of competition for that title?
Awesome!! Thanks for posting.
Yes, there was. The Aviationist had to pay $100,000 to secure the title. A group of Hymenopterasists (wasp specialists) wanted it for their debutante ball.
Terrible video. The herky-jerky and flashing to the beat of the music sucks.
Bump to find later
Must be your isp connection.
If you bookmark it, email it to yourself or send me an email, I will send it to you asap, so you won’t have to find it.
Awesome video! F-18’s are the kinds of things I don’t mind my tax dollars going to.
Yeah, my Internet connection can modify video. OK.
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