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ID 52317 Views: 400 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 8, 2015	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	Multiple / Multiple (cn Multiple) Two armed USMC F/A-18Ds and a USAF T-38C at CMH today. The T-38 in this shot was unable to fly due to mechanical problems.

ID 52316 Views: 374 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 8, 2015	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164967 / 164683 (cn Multiple) VMFA(AW)-533

ID 52315 Views: 326 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 8, 2015	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164683 / ED-11 (cn 1116/D097)

ID 52314 Views: 345 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 8, 2015	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164683 / ED-11 (cn 1116/D097) HAWK1 wingman taxiing out.

ID 52313 Views: 437 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 8, 2015	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164967 / ED-12 (cn 1267/D139) Yes, that is a missile on the wing. I assume its a dummy, but any info would be appreciated.

ID 52312 Views: 338 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 8, 2015	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164967 / ED-12 (cn 1267/D139) HAWK1 flight leader taxiing out on this chilly November afternoon.

ID 47332 Views: 392 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 27, 2014	E. Jones Contact
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	163468 / 7 (cn 0691) Blue Angels #1 through #6 break before their final approach for 24R.

ID 47331 Views: 405 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 27, 2014	E. Jones Contact
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	163468 / 7 (cn 0691) Blue Angels #1 through #6 arriving in Cleveland under escort of #7, who arrived a day earlier. They made a few passes before touching down.

ID 47330 Views: 518 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 27, 2014	E. Jones Contact
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	163468 / 7 (cn 0691) #7 heading out with a local media rep in the back seat.

ID 38447 Views: 502 Photo Comments: 4	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	El Centro - NAF (NJK/KNJK) USA - California, October 24, 2012	Corey Betke Contact
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	164961 / ED-02 (cn D136) VMFA(AW)-533 "Hawks" MCAS Beaufort

ID 37258 Views: 490 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 4, 2012	Corey Betke Contact
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	164263 / AD-440 (cn D078) Pulling up for the unrestricted climb with burners.

ID 37257 Views: 500 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 4, 2012	Corey Betke Contact
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	164263 / AD-440 (cn D078) The sun popped out just at the right moment on this cloudy day as EMPIRE35 blasts off 10L enroute for GRB. VFA-106 "Gladiators" NAS Oceana

ID 37242 Views: 373 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 4, 2012	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164263 / AD-440 (cn D078) Normally I woldn't use so many shots of one aircraft, but this one Hornet provided a lot of cool shots. You can see the afterburner shock diamonds. That's the first time I've ever seen them during the day.

ID 37241 Views: 358 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 4, 2012	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164263 / AD-440 (cn D078) EMPIRE35 flight leader blasting off of 10L. Man, can those things pump out a lot of heat!

ID 37240 Views: 347 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, November 4, 2012	Andrew Stricker Contact
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	164263 / AD-440 (cn D078) F/A-18D from VFA-106 "Gladiators" taxiing out after spending a weekend at CMH. Callsign EMPIRE35 flight.

ID 37043 Views: 468 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, September 1, 2012	DJR107 Contact
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	163464 (cn 685/D010)

ID 37040 Views: 453 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, September 1, 2012	DJR107 Contact
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	163464 (cn 685/D010) Cool to see the two-seater in action as a replacement for lead solo 5.

ID 36288 Views: 490 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August 31, 2012	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	163464 (cn 685/D010) Blue Angel #4, Major Brent Stevens, USMC stands with his ground crew at the conclusion of Fridays practice demo. Friday he flew a guest in the slot position, using aircraft #7. This year the Blues have two Marine Corp representitives on the F-18 demonstration team, usually having only one. The C-130 crew are all Marine pilots.

ID 25602 Views: 507 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, November 13, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	164884 (cn 1216/D123) Two totally different types of flying machines pass each other at Hopkins in 2005. The F-18 was one of a flight of four departing at the time.

ID 24059 Views: 504 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Marines McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 D Hornet	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, October 26, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	164694 / WK-01 (cn 1129/D102) An F-18D of the Bengals Tiger Squadron making a visit to Hopkins in 2007.