Final Flights: Marine F/A-18 Hornets Soar Over MCAS Beaufort

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533, fly over Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, during the squadron’s final flights as an F/A-18 Hornet squadron, June 2, 2023.
Defense Now - June 2023
• DN Jun. 2023
VMFA(AW)-533 Takes Final F/A-18 Hornet Flight
BEAUFORT, SC, UNITED STATES
06.02.2023
VMFA(AW)-533 will transition to an F-35B Lighting II squadron later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Julia Cochrane)
Film Credits: Video by Lance Cpl. Julia Cochrane
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
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[@stanstenson8168]

Sad to see the legacies go.

[@dukenukem8381]

is this superhornets or just hornets?

[@FerrisSOCAL]

Looks like C's and D's, so the original hornet. The Super has the box intakes as the most obvious diff.

[@dukenukem8381]

@@FerrisSOCAL thanks!