051215-N-9277A-001 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, while over the Owens Lake in the vast Eastern High Sierra and Mojave test ranges. 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 051
051215-N-9277A-001 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, while over the Owens Lake in the vast Eastern High Sierra and Mojave test ranges. 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-001 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) conducts an operation test mission, while over the Owens Lake in the vast Eastern High Sierra and Mojave test ranges
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