Registration / Serial: | 161357 |
Military Code: | 63 |
Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet |
C/n (msn): | 25/B008 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | PMTC - Pacific Missile Test Center |
City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Nellis AFB (KLSV / LSV)Map |
Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
Event: | Green Flag 1991 |
Photo Date: | 16 August 1991 |
Photo by: | Stephan de BruijnContact |
Photo ID: | 152112Submit Correction |
View count: | 691 |
The Pacific Missile Test Center was in 1991 the owner of this very early F/A-18. The 25th built Horne, and the eight B-version, made a very welcome touch-and-go at Nellis (CA) during a Green Flag exercise. Strikingly, this 1980 Hornet is still (July 2019) operational. It flies with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 Salty Dogs from NAS Patuxent River (MD). One of the reasons this very old Hornet is still flying is that it was extremely well maintained at a Flight Test aircraft but also because it was less stressed by carrier landings, deployments, air-to-air dogfights and so on.
Registration / Serial: | 161357 |
Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet |
C/n (msn): | 25/B008 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Nellis AFB (KLSV / LSV)Map | Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
Photo Date: | 16 August 1991 |
Photo by: | Stephan de BruijnContact |
Registration / Serial: | 161357 |
Military Code: | 63 |
Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet |
C/n (msn): | 25/B008 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | PMTC - Pacific Missile Test Center |
City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Nellis AFB (KLSV / LSV)Map |
Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
Event: | Green Flag 1991 |
Photo Date: | 16 August 1991 |
Photo by: | Stephan de BruijnContact |
Photo ID: | 152112Submit Correction |
View count: | 691 |
The Pacific Missile Test Center was in 1991 the owner of this very early F/A-18. The 25th built Horne, and the eight B-version, made a very welcome touch-and-go at Nellis (CA) during a Green Flag exercise. Strikingly, this 1980 Hornet is still (July 2019) operational. It flies with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 Salty Dogs from NAS Patuxent River (MD). One of the reasons this very old Hornet is still flying is that it was extremely well maintained at a Flight Test aircraft but also because it was less stressed by carrier landings, deployments, air-to-air dogfights and so on.
Registration / Serial: | 161357 |
Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet |
C/n (msn): | 25/B008 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Nellis AFB (KLSV / LSV)Map | Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
Photo Date: | 16 August 1991 |
Photo by: | Stephan de BruijnContact |