• Aircraft:

  McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet

• Reg: A21-103 photos
• Serial #:

  0215/ATF103

• Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
• Photo Date: May 23, 1985
• Uploaded: May 13, 2012
• Canberra - YSCB, Australia

New Australian-assembled 2OCU F/A-18B Hornet A21-103 at RAAF Fairbairn on 23May1985. A21-103 was one of three newly acquired F/A-18Bs which were demonstrated to Air Force personnel that day, including a demo flight for the Minister for Defence (Hon. Kim Beazley) in A21-103. Groundcrew help a Television film crew cover the event for national television news broadcasts. At this time, A21-103 did not have 2OCU fin flashes. (RAAF Hornets started replacing Mirages in May 1985.)

Photographer

Aircraft

Haozhe Peng A21-103

752 3 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet

Yiwen Song A21-103

865 2 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet

Gavan Louis A21-103

1,390 3 0 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet

Photo location

Goey Juy VH-X4A

451 4 0 Airbus A220-371

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YMERspotting VH-X4B

150 0 0 Airbus A220-371

Airbus A319-115X(CJ) 2801 WIII-YSCB

YMERspotting 2801

129 0 0 Airbus A319-115X(CJ)

Photographer

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Wal Nelowkin 52-4536

781 11 1 North American F-86F Sabre

Close-cropped Stbd view of RAAF CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk30 A94-922 Cn CA27-22 being used as a Training Aid at RAAF Base Amberley on 14Nov1984

Wal Nelowkin A94-922

201 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30

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Wal Nelowkin A9-291

284 0 0 Lockheed P-3B Orion