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Originally Posted by Bowser
That was a sweet shot with the three F-18s going supersonic in formation
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Vapor Cone.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor_cone
First scene was an original Hornet retro Close Air move. “Hornet High Pop” nice touch. When we operationally tested the Hornet in the mid 80s,we introduced that tactic to the fleet to reduce ground threat exposure time.
BTW, the Navy failed the Hornet then in Operational evaluation. A7 guys didn’t like that it couldn’t carry as much as far. Tomcat guys saw no point to it for Air to Air. We Marines, flew F4s into the dirt waiting for the multi role Hornet. It’s had a hell of a run and no matter how goofy this movie may be, it’s justice for the jet’s family series to have a feature role for the Navy.