Displaying the Rhino to the RAAF, paid off for Boeing not long after. The RAAF ordered the F/A-18F with 24 examples acquired and 12 more of the Growler version. This US Navy VFA-122 example is seen ready for departure with the HARS Super Constellation, arriving behind it.

With the introduction of the F-14D VF-124 'Gunfighters' was assigned the role of training air and ground personnel for this type. The first F-14D was accepted by the squadron on the 16th of November 1990, with four of the type undertaking the first fleet F-14D carquals onboard the USS Nimtz (CVN-68) on the 2nd of October 1991.

At the Avalon Airshow 2009 - demonstrating her underbelly to the crowd

At the Avalon Airshow 2009, Day Five

Boeing demonstration pilot Ricardo Traven brings the Super Hornet back from a demo flight at the Australian International Airshow with some lucky VIP in the back seat. This aircraft seems to be regularly used around the world by Boeing to show off the impressive Super Hornet.