McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet

[Joe Copalman]

Awesome assortment of Crayola-birds, Jason.  Any idea what that Dragon's CAG-bird was doing stateside back then? 

[Jason Hyatt]

Thanks Joe! Long story short, they were supposed to do the CVW-5 changeover ceremony for the GW in Hawaii, but the sailor that was smoking on the GW where he shouldn't have been, started a fire that caused $8m in damage to the ship. They had to bring it to San Diego to have the work done, so the air wing staged out of North Island for a couple of weeks until the boat was ready.

[Jason Hyatt]

Some NSAWC paint.

[David Loera]

[CJPalmer]

A few from the Blues photo call.

[Jason Hyatt]

Unique visitor at Fallon...

[Joe Copalman]

Uh, trippy?  I guess the Vikings had a single-seater at Willie a few weeks back as well.

[Joe Copalman]

Bengals' all-weather bird departing Yuma during WTI 2-10.  Noteworthy is that the name stenciled under the pilot's position indicates a CWO3 as a pilot.  Weirdness.

[Jay Beckman]

Actually, I think it was John Wright in a thread over on POTN mentioned that the USMC had some non-comm's flying tactical jets now.

[Chris V]

Couple from today at Willie.

[Joe Copalman]

Killer shots, Chris!

[Joe Copalman]

Single-seat bird in an all-weather squadron.  First time I've caught one.

[Matt Ottosen]

Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 (VMFA(AW)-225) "Vikings"

[Jay Beckman]

Does that count as a "wing dip?"   
 
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[Matt Ottosen]

Does that count as a "wing dip?"   

Um, we weren't counting it.