Visiting March ARB , a single F/A-18A of VFA-201 Hunters

AMBUSH F/A-18A on final for 21R

161526 belonged to the first badge of F/A-18As of the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (USNFDS) Blue Angels. Its a F/A-18A-7 of fiscal year 1980 and was factory fresh assigned to the FDS in Sep'87, the month this photo taken. From late '90 up to '95 it was assigned in to the Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division at NAS Patuxent River (MD) as SD-410. It was withdrawn from service in the fall of '98 and transferred to Fort Leonard Wood (MO) for use with the Chemical School for decontion drills. In '06 it was seen in a very bad shape. In the background 161524 is seen, crashed 23 jan '90

Painted up to commemorate 75 Years of 77Sqn.

GHOST 57 F/A-18A seen landing on runway 7R. Aircraft was written off Nov 16 1987

Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown AO, unveiled the Worimi Hornet, featuring new Aboriginal artwork, in honour of the Traditional Owners of the land on which RAAF Base Williamtown now sits on the 24th February 2015. The artwork, by Australian design studio Balarinji, depicts Kilyarr Kilyarr, the Wedgetail Eagle—a powerful bird of prey which dominates the skies over Australian land and seascapes.

Notable are the operational sorties markings on the forward fuselage.