050907-N-9277A-001 China Lake, Calif. (Sept. 7, 2005) – A pilot assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), looks out the canopy of his F/A-18F Super Hornet as he conducts a low pop-up maneuver above the south end of Panamint Valley near China Lake, Calif. The aircraft was performing tests on the Shared Reconnaissance Pod System (SHARPS) prior to fleet-wide dissemination. SHARPS is a multi-functioned reconnaissance pod, adaptable to several airborne platforms for tactical manned airborne reconnaissance. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson (RELEASED) US Navy 050907-N-9277A-00
050907-N-9277A-001 China Lake, Calif. (Sept. 7, 2005) – A pilot assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), looks out the canopy of his F/A-18F Super Hornet as he conducts a low pop-up maneuver above the south end of Panamint Valley near China Lake, Calif. The aircraft was performing tests on the Shared Reconnaissance Pod System (SHARPS) prior to fleet-wide dissemination. SHARPS is a multi-functioned reconnaissance pod, adaptable to several airborne platforms for tactical manned airborne reconnaissance. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson (RELEASED) US Navy 050907-N-9277A-001 A pilot assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), looks out the canopy of his F-A-18F Super Hornet
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