Blue Angels' Classic F/A-18 Hornets Take Final Flights After 34 Years

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The legacy F/A-18 Hornets that have wowed Blue Angels spectators for more than three decades will make their final flight Wednesday.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/04/blue-angels-classic-f-18-hornets-take-final-flights-after-34-years.html?ESRC=eb_201105.nl

 

[deserttrans]

Said to hear!

 

[AZ_Five56]

I think the first time I saw those jets flying in person was at El Toro in 1994. Can you imagine the hours on those airframes after all these years? It's about time they got replaced.

 

[What]

Wow, pretty cool. Wonder how much time to learn the new machine after being accustomed to same one for so long.