F-18 Hornets examples including the original Hornets and the souped-up EA-18G Growlers. I photographed some during airshows at McChord AFB in 2008, 2010 and 2016. There was even a NASA Hornet at the 2010 show. Mitchell and I also got to see a Hornet on the deck of the USS Yorktown during a 447th BG reunion in Charleston. The Museum of Flight also acquired a Blue Angels veteran to display in the new Pavilion, and I got to photograph a second Blue Angels veteran at the Pima Air Museum.
F/A-18E 168481 Super Hornet
McChord AFB 2016
F/A-18C 163106 Blue Angels #2
Museum of Flight 2016
Museum of Flight 2023
F/A-18B 161943 Blue Angels #7
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
F/A-18F 165885 Super Hornet
McChord AFB 2008
F/A-18A 163093 Blue Angels #6
Pima Air Museum 2017
NASA F/A-18B No. 846 chase plane
McChord AFB 2010
EA-18G Growler (Naval Strike Air Warfare Center)
McChord AFB 2010
F/A-18A 162430
Palm Springs Air Museum 2018
F/A-18A 162435
Patriots Point 2013
EA-18G Growlers 168378 (#573) and 168269 (#515)
Demonstration team from Naval Air Station Whidbey VAQ-129 and had tail numbers 515 and 573