Thread 64274622

Post pictures of the F/A-18 and all its variations.

I think she's ugly
and not in a cool way like Tomcat

> starting the thread with a video game picture

bruh

*fries your balls*

Hello boys, I'm back!

>>64275190
Was the kamikaze attack using a crop duster too much of a Deus Ex Machina-like script?

>>64275453
I had no idea the LEX had gaps between the fuselage on the prototypes, that is cool as hell

HARV my beloved

have this webm

>>64275948
cool asf

F/A-18 is cooler than the Tomcat and I'm tired of pretending it's not

>>64276257
Superbug yes, legacy bug no

>>64274622 (OP)
That's obviously a video game image.

>>64276257
Legacy bug yes, Superbug no.

>>64276317
This isn't a real f-18. It's from a video game.

>>64276333
There are no real F-18s in this thread.

>>64275948
>>64276179
The roll-pitch-yaw computer in the legacy bugs is flat-out amazing, especially considering when it was developed. The Rhino's is even more impressive.

>>64277459
Why didn't the F-15s do this

Look at this cool shot of the Blue Angels that I found.

>>64278597
looks like it's jumping lol

>>64278616
Perhaps it is because it was made by Boeing without the e.

Here are two of them together.

legacy bugs are svelte and sexoooo
superbugs are neither svelte or sexoo

That is all I have of the Blue Angels.

>>64279090
This your own pic anon?

>>64279105
Yeah I took it at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh a few months ago. Unfortunately I only had my phone so that was the best one.

>>64279169
Pretty damn good for a phone photo.

>>64275549
No. It was because he carried the missile in the other cockpit. In the original script, he's dismissed because drunk, and he steals a missile that he puts in the second cockpit, then crashes in the primary weapon. Test audiences hated it because it was less of a sacrifice, while the Sidewinder jamming was more poignant.
>>64275948
Nice landing, but its a 1 wire.

>>64276831
This is a Growler.

>>64277459
I never knew South Vietnam had F/A-18s

>>64279848
>Nice landing, but its a 1 wire.
He landed a slightly short and the hook skipped the other wires it seems

>>64280010
it was rising storm 2 dlc

pic unrel

Blue Angels never used the F-14 therefore it's gay.
Simple as

>>64280460
Tbh the name blue angels sounds twinkified as hell

>>64280460
The F-14 is a big, heavy motherfucker, it would not make sense for a team that benefits from light and nimble aircraft, so that is why the Scooter was the favorite.

>>64280465
>the name blue angels sounds twinkified as hell
Thats because youre a faggot. Quit playing VRchat and furry porn games you degenerate

>>64277476
because the Navy might be gay. But the Airforce are faggots.

>>64279090
>callsign
this man fucked a tranny

I found a pic of an aggressor one, this scheme is neat.

>>64280526
It's just an f-5e that the iranians put 2 tails on.

>>64280623
Damn it, I was hoping that nobody would say something.

>>64274622 (OP)
Die, we should have had Tomcat II instead!!!

>>64280640
Go back to your grave, boomer retard. F-14 was a hangar queen approved by boomer fucks. I'm glad soon all of you will be dead

>>64280482
true, I should probably kill myself

>>64278088
The retrofit paddle based thrust vectoring is so cool. It's like the aerospace equivalent of a sketchy looking 1000hp drift car.

>>64280465
navy stuff

>>64277476
do what? carry amraams? the F-15 can do that just fine

>>64282675
10 AMRAAMS + 2 Sidewinders with room for a fuel tank

>>64276274
There is nothing 'super' about a Superhornet

>>64281019
Not him, but the Tomcat has a far more interesting service history than the Hornet.

>>64280460
>>64280470
Also when the tomcat was introduced we were going through the oil crisis. Both the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds switched to T-38s to be more optic-friendly.

>>64283070
>optic-friendly
reminds me of this video I saw earlier, kek

>>64283070
>Blue Angels
>T-38

>>64283132
I was thinking of F-4s that both of them flew at the same time. Which doesn't really scream as an airframe I'd want to use for an airshow.

>>64283142
The Luftwaffe's team used F-104s. https://aerobaticteams.net/en/teams/i201/Vikings.html

Also, enjoy this video of a F-105 at an airshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwIdAXlgPg

The Navy switched to A-4s

>>64283070 I meant to reply to this post my bad.

>>64283055
Yes. As the only teen series to fight in a near-peer war, not a curbstomp, baby-seal clubbing baserape (cue that one minute webm of the first 36 hours of the air war in the Gulf).

>>64274622 (OP)
Unfortunate that the Hornet never got to partake in any kino conflicts, and its too late now that all war is mega gay

>>64275943
Can it land with all that ordnance?

>>64284232
This anon over here asking the real questions.

>>64284232
no they just aerial refuel and when the pilot is tired they fly low and slow and have the next pilot jump in and the previous pilot ejects

pic unrel

>>64283070
Lol poorfags

>>64286387
Goddamn that picture is spectacular but I always assume it was edited somehow anymore :(

>>64286459
that is the bad part about modern aviation photography, all the images are filtered and shopped

pic maybe rel idk

>>64286490
The filtering doesnt bother me as much because it can help with contrast, etc. but it can be a bit heavy handed. The shooping is more concerning. Then again with current cameras and shit what they can capture is pretty amazing

>>64286459
>>64286490

this ones real af

>>64274904
>>64274925
>>64274933
(You) got those from me

>>64286970
thanks!

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