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BOEING F/A-18F "SUPER HORNET"  BuAerNo.166620  AG / 200 c/n F-113

US.NAVY Capt. Bud Bishop / CAG
Strike Fighter Squadron 103 / VFA-103 “Jolly Rogers” 
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), 2007 
Product # JP-480

Product Article by Ugo Crisponi

 

 

 

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UNITED STATES NAVY

Capt. Bud Bishop / CAG
Strike Fighter Squadron 103 / VFA-103 “Jolly Rogers” 
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), 2007

VF-103 took over the “Jolly Roger” after the disestablishment of VF-84. After a last deployment on USS John F. Kennedy with Carrier Air Wing Seventeen and returning to NAS Oceana in December 2004, VF-103 gave up their F-14B “Tomcats” and began transitioning to the F/A-18F “Super Hornet” deploying aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in 2006. The first unit to bring their F/A-18E/F “Super Hornets” to combat was VFA-115. On November 6, 2002, two F/A-18Es conducted a "Response Option" strike in support of Operation “Southern Watch” on two surface-to-air missile launchers at Al Kut and an Air Defense Command and Control bunker at Tallil AB. In support of Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, VFA-14, VFA-41 and VFA-115 flew CAS, strike, escort SEAD and aerial refueling. On September 8, 2006, VFA-211 F/A-18F “Super Hornet” expended GBU-12 and GBU-38 bombs against Taliban fighters and Taliban fortifications west and northwest of Kandahar. This was the first time the unit was in combat with the “Super Hornet”.

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This artwork is coded Art. JP-480
Sized 30x40 cm or 11.8"x15,7"

The lithograph is printed in a very high quality glossy photo paper, it's not a laser print!

In this shanpshot is possible to appreciate the care in details and precision. The original masterpiece is three times bigger than this snap (!)

Ugo

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Photos and text © by Ugo Crisponi