Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet in landing photographed at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.
Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, registration 168910, AJ-300 of VFA-87. The aircraft is from the CAG of VFA-87 (CAG stands for Commander Air Group). The aircraft of a CAG can be identified by a different exterior paint scheme.
VFA-87 is a squadron of the US Navy, stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. Nickname of the unit is Golden Warriors, call sign is War Party, tail code is AJ and it has been flying the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet since 2015.
I took this photo in April 2016 during one of my spotting trips.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…