One of the main test Hornets since a couple of years already. Here in an all Sidewinder configuration, note the swiss engineered Low Drag Pilon LDP with LAU-139 Missile Launcher
F/A-18D during a training flight from Payerne makes a practice approach to RWY10 at Meiringen. Nice to se the distorted air at the wingtips and the heat distortion from the engines.