Getting the Horn - post your best F-18 shots...

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A couple of US Navy examples...

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Couple from me .
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This thread has made me realise how little I've photographed the bug over the years, I must rectify that!

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Farnborough 2008
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RIAT 2008
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Just the two, Not got many!!

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A few from me from a couple of year's back. 2007, Maple Flag exercise in Cold Lake, AB, Canada.

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CAF, 3rd Wing, 425TFS, 188927, CF-188B Hornet. by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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CAF, CF-188 Hornet, Maple Flag 07. by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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CAF, CF-188 Hornet by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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CAF, AETE, 188907, CF-188B Hornet by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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CAF, AETE, 188907, CF-188B Hornet by nxgphotos, on Flickr


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AETE, 188907, CF-188B Hornet. by nxgphotos, on Flickr

The US Navy's VFA-31 Tomcatters were also in attendance for the exercise. Here the CAGbird arrives back after the afternoon's mission.
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US Navy, F/A-18E by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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Swiss Tigereyes by nxgphotos, on Flickr

This is why land based Hornets sometimes need their folding wings.
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Just as well the wings fold by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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Mig Killer by nxgphotos, on Flickr
NAS North Island, 11 February 2011, USMC, VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters, 163508, F/A-18C, on the 17 Jan 1991 while attached to VFA-81 this aircraft shot down an Iraqi AF, Chengdu F-7B.

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F/A-18F Super Hornet by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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F/A-18F Super Hornet by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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North Island, 12 February 2011, Legacy Hornets from the US Marines VMFA-232 "Red Devils" (F/A-18C)and VMFA-112 "Cowboys" (F/A-18A+) in tight formation.

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Spanish Hornets...

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here we go! hornets! photographed in EL centro, NAS Ft worth, Alliance TX and Kingsville

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Twin-sticks...

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If there is one thing I'm not short of its F-18 photo's.......

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Some more grey Hornets...

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Not the best Hornet shot in basic pixels,but one of the few hornets I have..

anyway

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Someone said Hornets???

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US Navy F/A-18C, going transonic at Oshkosh!

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A couple of the Finnish Hornet from RIAT 2015.

Image20150718 (5)_F18_Hornet by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20150718 (6)_F18_Hornet by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20150718 (10)_F18_Hornet by John Dixon, on Flickr

I prefer fighters in used rather than concours d'elegance condition.

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