Hornet shooter cat. launch-2, 07/28/06 Pablo Romay

During the visit for the Tomcat's last ops. from an aircraft carrier

On July 28th 06, the last 8 Tomcats in service, from squadron VF-31 'Tomcatters', made their historic last landings and take offs from the USS Theodore Roosevelt. I was one of the few lucky journalists to be there(the only latinamerican). After the last operation, the Tomcats took off to land on NAS Oceana, in Virginia Beach, VA. The last Tomcat to take off was no. 112. Before that, there was a flight demonstration between a Tomcat & a Hornet, a Tomcat's transonic pass and a goodbye flight formation of 4 Tomcats surrounded by 12 Hornets. The FA-18 Hornet had been taking the place of the Tomcat and would substitute it definitely. Enjoy! pabloniapilot@yahoo.com

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