> F/A-18D over the Gulf of Mexico at Sunset.
 > F/A-18 "Hornet" (USMC) photo
 > Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
 > USCG Aerospatiale HH-65 Dolphin Class Helicopter S/N:6531 flying low off the Coast of Pascagoula,Ms.
 > If you are a fan of the Blue Angels,this is a good classic Diamond Formation Flying Paint Photo you'll enjoy.I have this photo in my home,and I love it.This photo is available in sizes:4x6 through 24x36.Click "Buy"up in the right corner,and it's yours.The photo is an image of Blue Angels One,Two,Three,and Four in their F/A-18A Hornets in the Diamond Formation.If you look close,on original,You can see Angel's Two,Three,and Four Flying Paint(for those who do not know what this is,it is the pilots looking at a particular spot on another aircraft in formation while in tight formations.
 > 051210-N-7711S-102
Pacific Ocean (Dec. 10, 2005) - Personnel prepare EA-6B Prowlers, assigned to the ÒCougarsÓ of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Nine (VAQ-139), for night flight operations as the sun sets over the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Christine Singh (RELEASED)
 > "Fortus" is the name of this manuever.The Blues are the only precision flying team to do this formation.I just happened to get them almost perfectly lined up.
 > F4-F3 at the Pensacola Naval Air Station Museum on the 63rd Anniversary of "The Day of Infamy"07 December 2004
 > Northrop YF-17 Cobra.One of two ever built.This is the second Cobra(tail number 72-1570)which first flew on 21 August 1974.The First(t.n.72-1569)first flew 9 June 1974 and is at Hawthorn.The two prototypes flew 288 test flights totalling 345.5 hrs.The dual engine YF-17, by Northrop,and single engine YF-16,by General Dynamics started the hunt for the next Light Weight Fighter(LWF)in the late 60's,early 70's..The Cobra was completed on the 28th of January 1971.Both aircraft were designed for the USAF.It lost the LWF battle to the YF-16 Falcon,but by then the small 17 was making room for the next generation Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to replace the costly F-14 Tomcat.The birth of the F/A-18 Hornet Carrier Based Aircraft.The 17 and 18 look identicle except for size and other alterations for the carrier.The 17 has 2 GE 15-J1A1 turbojets rated at 9,000 lb thrust each,Thin wings hold no fuel,Engines close together to minimize asymmetry in the event of an engine loss.It has a top speed of mach1.95,peak load factor of 9.4 g,and a max altitude of over 50,000 ft..Crew-1,Lenght-56 ft.,Height-16.6 ft.,range of 2,990 miles,and a rate of climb of 50,000 ft.per minute.ONLY 2 EVER Built.This one is at the USS Alabama Museum in Mobile,Al.
F/A-18D over the Gulf of Mexico at Sunset.
 > F/A-18D over the Gulf of Mexico at Sunset.
F/A-18D over the Gulf of Mexico at Sunset.
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