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

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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. 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)

[TXnMA]

Thanks for the link to that outstanding fluid dynamics site!

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT!!!

[rlmorel]

ping!!!!!

[Moose Dung]

just damn!

[ccmay]

I shudder every time I see that pic!

Looks like an accelerated stall just waiting to happen.

-ccm

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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)

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Hot off the camera: "Shaking the fist" in the South China Sea

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

[EnjoyingLife]

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/

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awesome

[VOA]

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