Fuji Flight

[theToyFederation]

pretty cool photo



Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five perform a formation flight in front of Mount Fuji, Japan, April 12, 2007. The wing is embarked aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), which operates from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jarod Hodge)

via www.strategypage.com

[Rowsdower]

Holy crap that is awesome!!! That would make a sweet wallpaper!

Are Navy fighters flying with the colorful squadron markings again or is that just for show? I've seen some pics like that before and wondered. The Eagle scheme on the last hornet is cool as hell.

[pickelhaube]

Every time I see your avatar I laugh. The face on Kurt is timeless.

[KAMIKAZE]

That photo rocks!

Mark

[Rowsdower]

Are Navy fighters flying with the colorful tail markings again or is that just for show?

Asking again because I really wanna know!

[theToyFederation]

here is another shot of a tricked out aircraft

rowsdower wrote:
Are Navy fighters flying with the colorful tail markings again or is that just for show?
Asking again because I really wanna know!

I have no evidence that can explicitly state the case one way or the other but from my limited research it seems only one plane per squadron has the colorful markings(squadron CO?)







of course then I find this pic that shows two planes with the colorful markings


perhaps the XO's plane gets the treatment as well? Going by the tactical numbers on the planes "100" and "101", I am assuming that this is the CO and XO's planes

Maybe someone else can shed some more light on this?

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[Rowsdower]

Thanks ToyFederation, that makes sense. I've been wondering that for quite some time now but never was able to find any verification.

[jaywhy8202]

...but what the hey.

In my experience, having been stationed at NAS (now MCAS) Miramar from 1990-1993, and editor/staff writer for the base newspaper The Jet Journal, I can say with some reasonable authority that only the squadron/air wing skipper (or CAG) has a "Cadillac" -- one bird, usually designated "00" or "double nuts" is the one that gets the full-color paint job, while the remaining aircraft sport low-vis livery.

By the way, the public has access to all RELEASED official Navy photographs from their "dot.mil" website:

http://www.navy.mil/view_galleries.asp

The image of the CVW-5 birds doing their fly-by of Fuji-san is an official USN photograph, available for FREE download at www.navy.mil.

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/ ... 1H-066.jpg

I steer clear of reposts of official DoD photography posted on commercial sites and go DIRECT to the source.