The Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron bid a fond farewell to the McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle yesterday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The Eagle is being replaced by the Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor. 78-0509 is seen above departing the Reef Runway for Nellis Air Force Base, NV.
What a powerful looking jet. You'll have to show us the new model too.
ReplyDeleteI posted a shot from the blessing last week:
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& the HNL RareBirds blog has these shots:
http://hnlrarebirds.blogspot.com/2010/07/aloha-raptors.html
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http://hnlrarebirds.blogspot.com/2010/08/final-hang-f-15-sortie.html
Both of them are cutting edge and awesome...
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