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Not sure if this link will work, but there is a user on Instagram that has posted some recent shots of Jolly Rogers birds: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNwcHxrQGxQ/?img_index=4 From the photos, it seems they have swapped out the original three F/A-18E airframes for "new" ones. AG-111 is 169642 and AG-112 is 169643. Previous photos have shown AG-113 as 169644. Before, AG-210 was an -E, but I haven't found a photo of AG-110, since the re-numbering to the -1XX Modex numbers. Among the -Fs, it seems the following are current: AG-100 (CO Jet) - 166615 AG-
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Let's see if these work: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162932930490822&set=pcb.10161963254746051 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162932929395822&set=pcb.10161963254746051 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1463650034748140&set=pcb.10161960659276051
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From those linked October photos in Denver, AG-113 169644 would be a new -E to the roster (or at least one I had not previously seen). For the flyover of President Carter's funeral in January, AG-113 was -F model 166978: That frame is now AG-107 in the October photos. Unfortunately, I couldn't quite make out the BuNo on AG-111 in the photos. Thanks for posting the links Koen!
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A couple from the flyover on game day:
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Sadly, they did not bring any of the -Es, but the Jolly Rogers have come to my neck of the woods for a flyover of the Speedway Classic baseball game at Bristol Motor Speedway. They brought AG100 (166615) and AG105 (166879) They are wearing USS George HW Bush lettering. Two -Es from VFA-81 arrived a short time later. AB303 (166950) wears the name of Scott Speicher on the nose, and has drone kill markings on the left side. AB301 (166649) tagged along.
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Some new photos have emerged with the 1xx Modex numbers (courtesy of Matt Wright via Flickr): AG100 - 166615 AG102 - 166677 AG103 - 166812 AG104 - 166802 AG106 - 166884 AG107 - 166978
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Sadly, no. The video quality isn't sharp enough to make out the BuNos as 107 and 113 taxi past the camera.
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Again, not -Es, but three Jolly Rogers participated in the flyover out of Navy Jax for President Jimmy Carter's funeral. AA-100, AA-107 and AA-113 can be seen in this video: 107 and 113 can be seen on Dvids: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8828958/30-f-18-super-hornets-naval-air-station-oceana-staged-naval-air-station-jacksonville-flyover https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8828961/30-f-18-super-hornets-naval-air-station-oceana-staged-naval-air-station-jacksonville-flyover AG-100 (166615) is wearing the same basic colors it was when i
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Yes, in progress, if a bit slowly...
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Yeah, haven't found any new pics of the -Es since that last one with light gray tail on AG-210. Of note in the December shots of AG-102 and AG-106 above is that they do still have the black tails. If you look close behind the jet blast deflector in the image of 106, I think that might be a VFA-103 -F model (based on the location and appearance of the backseater crew name), which does have a light gray tail...
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Another change - VFA-103 is now using 1xx Modex numbers, operating off the USS Bush: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8789596/daily-operations-aboard-uss-george-hw-bush-cvn-77 https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8796978/daily-operations-aboard-uss-george-hw-bush-cvn-77 VFA-83 is now wearing the AG-2xx Modex numbers: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8787943/uss-george-hw-bush-cvn-77-daily-operations
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Perhaps they are getting close to deploying again, and are planning to go back to gray tails for the "line" jets for the deployment, and 210 was the first to get repainted? I believe the line jets didn't get the black tails until they returned from the last deployment, though I could be wrong on that.
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I was able to download the high-rez version of the DVIDs photo above of AG-210 with the light gray tails, and it is in fact 166649. So, it appears they did repaint the vertical stabs light gray.
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Brian, MANY Thanks for the update on that BuNo for AG211! Very helpful indeed. Now to see what the BuNo is for the current AG210 with the gray tail: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8631346/uss-gerald-r-ford-cvn-78-flight-operations The Modex on the flaps looks very recently re-painted, and I would find it odd that they would have gone to the trouble of repainting the entire vertical stabilizers from the black that 166649 wore earlier this year. Makes me think this is a replacement airframe for 166649...
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For the -E in the Ellis photo above (AG212), the aircraft appears to be wearing the standard two-tone gray colors (FS36320 over FS36375), if a bit faded. But what color is the radome? Is that appearance the result of fading and wear on the paint (almost has a glossy sheen to it)? What color are the tail skull and AG letters? I would assume they are FS35237 as they definitely have a blue tone to them. The rest of the detail markings (NAVY, BuNo, Warning stencils, etc) should be FS35237 - correct? The nose Modex and I believe the ones on the flaps are black.