Incaroad Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Does someone here know the BuNo's of the Super Hornets that are to become Blue Angel aircraft? Hoping 165780 will do duty with them... China Lake bird dontcha know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cueva533 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 For instance, as reported, one of the two single-seat F/A-18E Super Hornets used in the flying sequences of “Top Gun: Maverick”, bureau number 165667, a Boeing F/A-18E-53-MC Lot 22 Super Hornet from the Low-Rate Initial Production run 2 (LRIP 2) was among the first aircraft being converted to the Blue Angels configuration. From: https://theaviationist.com/2020/05/05/here-are-the-first-shots-of-the-new-f-a-18e-super-hornet-of-the-blue-angels/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weirich1 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Yes, two of the E's for the Blue Angels were the MAVERICK hero jets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pollie Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 165536 is apparently the first one painted (ex-VX-31 boss bird). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 hours ago, pollie said: 165536 is apparently the first one painted (ex-VX-31 boss bird). That would be FA-18E-9, an LRIP-1 jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pollie Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Joe Hegedus said: That would be FA-18E-9, an LRIP-1 jet. Correct, still without the pizza box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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