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051215-N-9277A-002 China Lake, Calif. (Dec. 15, 2005) Ð An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) conducts an operation test mission as a dessert rainstorm dissipates over the Coso Mountain Range. This aircraft is one of the first Super Hornets equipped with the revolutionary new APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which could eventually give naval aircrews a quantum leap in tactical capability over older aircraft equipped with mechanical radar systems. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson (RELEASED) US Navy 051215-N-9277A-002 An
051215-N-9277A-002 China Lake, Calif. (Dec. 15, 2005) Ð An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) conducts an operation test mission as a dessert rainstorm dissipates over the Coso Mountain Range. This aircraft is one of the first Super Hornets equipped with the revolutionary new APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which could eventually give naval aircrews a quantum leap in tactical capability over older aircraft equipped with mechanical radar systems. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson (RELEASED) US Navy 051215-N-9277A-002 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) conducts an operation test mission as a dessert rainstorm dissipates over the Coso Mountain Range
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