Landing Spanish McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet.
McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet of the Spanish Air Force just before landing photographed on 22 April 2015 during exercise Frisian Flag at Leeuwarden airbase. Between November 1985 and July 1990, 60 McDonnell Douglas EF-18A Hornet single-seaters and 12 EF-18B Hornet two-seaters were delivered to the Spanish Air Force to replace the Dassault Mirage IIIs.
From 1995 to 1998, 24 F/A-18A from the US Navy were acquired by the Spanish Air Force.
All Hornets were upgraded to EF/A-18A+ and B+ standards equivalent to the F/A-18C and D versions.
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…