FLORIDA BEACH FLYOVER
U.S. Navy aviators assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 fly F/A 18E and F/A 18F Super Hornets over the beaches near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 16, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 17, 2008) Capt. Norbert "Smurf" Szarleta, commanding officer of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, breaks the sound barrier in an F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter during an air power demonstration aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on 17 April 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Augustine Cooper

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POSITIONING A HORNET
A U.S. Navy plane director positions an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, left, onto a catapult as an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, right, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 5, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Spike Call

Labels: aircraft, EA-6B, F/A-18F, photos, Prowler, Super Hornet, US Navy, USS Ronald Reagan