• Aircraft:

  McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

• Reg: 162882 photos
• Serial #:

  428/A353

• Airline: United States - US Marine Corps (USMC)
• Photo Date: Oct 18, 2005
• Uploaded: Oct 24, 2005
• Mildenhall Air Force Base - EGUN, United Kingdom

"Retro 03 Flight" finally leaving for home, these F-18's had been stranded at Mildenhall for nearly two weeks. The aircraft, from VMFA 112 "Cowboys" based at NAS Fort Worth, Texas, had been part of an original deployment of four aircraft that had been flying out of Boscombe down before repositioning here for their flight back to the USA. Unfortunately one of the aircraft went u/s, and while two of the Hornets headed home, these two machines were delayed.

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Aircraft

Derin 162882

1,467 1 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

VMFA-112 out of NASJRB Fort Worth

Russell Hill 162882

1,433 0 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A+ Hornet

VMFA-112 Cowboys and VMFA-232 Red Devils Hornets perform a flyby at the Centennial of Naval Aviation Parade of Flight

Agustin Anaya 162882

1,665 0 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet

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Flying no nozomi 86-0027

292 2 0 McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender

nashwa 20-5937

277 0 0 Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II

'TREND 61'

simon mortimer 85-0110

915 0 0 McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

Photographer

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Ken Withers 73-1595

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Ken Withers 71-0884

6,878 1 0 General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark

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Ken Withers 73-0715

7,830 0 0 General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark