2007 NAS Oceana Airshow - F/A-18F Super Hornet Beach Blast

F/A-18F Super Hornet
VFA-106 "Gladiators"

2007 NAS Oceana Airshow
NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA
Saturday September 8, 2007

IN THIS VIDEO, watch as a Super Hornet performs an afterburner flyby over the beach on Virginia Beach's 31st Street Park on Saturday night to kick off the beach blast.

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[staysicwithslipknot]

The sound of freedom!!!

[MrHorstihorst]

Still doesn't beat the Tomcat...lol

[1bearcatf8f]

@winterstellar Well a space shuttle isnt anything amazing to me lol,But My dad saw an F-4 Phantom back at pease AFB in Portsmouth New Hampshire back in the 80s,And it came buzzing right over the trees and pulled up hitting the afterburner and the vendors that where there lost paper plates napkins etc lol.

[winterstellar]

@1bearcatf8f Yeah, I totally LOVE really, relly loud jet engines and rocket engines! I love it when it sounds like the air is being ripped to shreds by the sound! For instance at shuttle lanches or something reyally loud a airshows!: )

[1bearcatf8f]

@winterstellar well duh ofcourse it would be loud,GO back to the 60s and listen to a B-58 hustler go full afterburner and try not to lose your hearing

[winterstellar]

With the afterburners on? Yeah, that's pretty loud! : )

[BlackAces100]

Was it loud?

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

@oTECHNETIUMo And yes I do realize that the SH is better in SOME ways not all. If you think about it, we didn't even need the SH. Tomcats and legacy hornets can still do the job. Our military is so far ahead from all other countries that our current 4th gen aircraft would still dominate the skies. Too much spending on military aircraft its kinda sickening. Its just that some politicians think that they constantly have to update military machines like how Cheney did with the F-14's.

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

@oTECHNETIUMo And also, the Tomcats could track up to 24 targets. Hornets can't do so. Sure, the SH has newer radar and avionics because its obviously a newer plane. The AIM-54 can do the job just like the AIM-120C, no debate. Of course for manueverbility you would NEVER hang all AIM-54's on all pylons. With 2 on the belly and sidewinders/sparrows from the wing pylons, the Tomcat could really move. Reading from what pilots said with all the drag, that jet still had potential.

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

@oTECHNETIUMo First off, sheer power means how fast the fighter will accelerate not top speed as you define it. The F-14D has around 56,000lbs total thrust while the SH has only 44,000lbs. You seriously think the SH can go above mach 2? Only books say it does. I've heard pilots and experts say that the SH has a hard time even going above Mach 1 at sea level. You can't seriously know when the time to go full military power will be a matter between life and death. Your judgment lacks sense.