RESIDENTS living near Evans Head are already used to seeing pigs fly, and soon they’ll be able to see a rhino do the same Five F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jets, known affectionately as ‘rhinos’, recently arrived in Australia to replace the aging F-111 fleet, nicknamed ‘the pig’, because of their hunting ability. With the Super Hornets based at RAAF Amberley south of Brisbane, the new combat jets are expected to make use of the Evans Head bombing range for training exercises. For some residents near the range, it is now a case of keeping their eyes to the skies as...