The last two operational Tomcat squadrons arrive at NAS Oceana for their homecoming following their six month deployment to the Gulf onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. This was the final time that 22 Tomcats would ever grace the skies over NAS Oceana.
Attractive colour scheme on this CAG-bird of VFA-27 'Royal Maces', one of three Super Hornets normally based at NAF Atsugi, Japan, but flown down for the Australian International Airshow.
HS-8 Eightballers. With VFA-154 Black Knights F/A-18Fs, a VMFA-323 Death Rattlers F/A-18C, a VFA-146 Blue Diamonds F/A-18C and a VFA-147 Argonauts F/A-18C aboard CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson