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USN Photo of the Day: Hello! Jaw-dropping F/A-18F Super Hornet fly-bys! Is this just a dream?
Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet, United States Navy (USN) | November 5, 2006; September 11, 2006 | Jarod Hodge, Unjted States Navy; Joshua Wayne LeGrand, United States Navy

Posted on 11/12/2006 7:44:05 AM PST by EnjoyingLife

PHOTO 1. 061105-N-8591H-389 Pacific Ocean (Nov. 5, 2006) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the 'Diamondbacks' of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) completes a super-sonic flyby as part of an air power demonstration for visitors aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). VFA-102 is one of the nine squadrons and detachments assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and embarked aboard Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk and CVW-5 is currently deployed off the coast of southern Japan on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jarod Hodge (RELEASED)
Photo 1. An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), 5 November 2006, Pacific Ocean. Image ID: 061105-N-8591H-389

Photographer
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jarod Hodge, United States Navy

Links
http://www.Navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/061105-N-8591H-389.jpg (big image)
http://www.Navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=40674 (original source)
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20061112.htm (above image from this site's fine F/A-18 photo gallery)




PHOTO 2. 060911-N-8604L-741 East China Sea (Sept. 11, 2006) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five breaks the sound barrier during an air power demonstration practice aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand (RELEASED)
Photo 2. An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), 11 September 2006, East China Sea. Image ID: 060911-N-8604L-741

Photographer
Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand, United States Navy

Links
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060911-N-8604L-741.jpg (big image)
http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=39129 (original source)
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20061112.htm (above image is one of several excellent F/A-18 photos at this URL)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: f18; fa18; hornet; superhornet; usn
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To: WSGilcrest

Thanks for the link to that outstanding fluid dynamics site!


81 posted on 12/03/2006 6:59:28 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: EnjoyingLife

BTTT!!!


82 posted on 12/03/2006 7:07:11 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Get right with God....eternity is a long time.....)
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To: EnjoyingLife

ping!!!!!


83 posted on 12/03/2006 7:18:13 PM PST by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

just damn!


84 posted on 12/03/2006 10:21:04 PM PST by Moose Dung (Perquacky is a fools game.)
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To: 2111USMC
I shudder every time I see that pic!

Looks like an accelerated stall just waiting to happen.

-ccm

85 posted on 12/03/2006 10:40:33 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: EnjoyingLife
051009-N-7559C-001 San Francisco, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2005) - The Navy's Flight Demonstration team, the Blue Angels lead solo, performs the sneak pass, a maneuver that demonstrates the F/A-18 Hornet's ability to sneak into a target area undetected at speeds approaching 700 mph. The Blue Angels perform more than 70 shows at 34 different locations throughout the country each year. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerUs Mate 2nd Class Ryan Courtade (RELEASED)

051009-N-7559C-001 San Francisco, California, 9 October 2005: The Navy's Flight Demonstration team, the Blue Angels lead solo, performs the sneak pass, a maneuver that demonstrates the F/A-18 Hornet's ability to sneak into a target area undetected at speeds approaching 700 mph.

Photographer
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Ryan Courtade, United States Navy

Links
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/051009-N-7559C-001.jpg (big image)
http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=34239 (source)


86 posted on 12/08/2006 3:41:28 AM PST by EnjoyingLife
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To: VOA
Hot off the camera: "Shaking the fist" in the South China Sea

10. An F/A-18C Hornet Jet Fighter Assigned to 'Fist of the Fleet' of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25), Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), United States Navy, April 3, 2007, South China Sea. Photo Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden, Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 070403-N-7130B-138), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
070403-N-7130B-138 South China Sea (April 3, 2007) - An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the "Fist of the Fleet" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, breaks the sound barrier while performing a supersonic flyby of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during an air power demonstration. The air power demonstration was performed by Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 and featured participation from each of the eight squadrons assigned to CVW-14. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway in support of operations in the western Pacific. Source: http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=44684

Photographer
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden, United States Navy

87 posted on 04/04/2007 12:25:39 PM PDT by EnjoyingLife
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To: Alice in Wonderland; advertising guy
Here's another very pretty photo of a transonic Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe, Forces aériennes suisses, Forze Aeree Svizzere) F/A-18C Hornet: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0946082/L/
88 posted on 04/05/2007 6:38:21 PM PDT by EnjoyingLife
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To: EnjoyingLife

awesome


89 posted on 04/06/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

Thanks for the ping...that’s a great photo!


90 posted on 04/06/2007 8:45:58 PM PDT by VOA
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