Florida ANG. 159th FIS/125th FIG. Later converted to QF-106A and retired after a 30 Aug '94 landing mishap. It subsequently ended up in the Gulf of Mexico as a part of an artificial reef.
Heavy and expensive loaden, this Hornet takes off during an Scramble-exercise. Switzerland has no QRA and for that, armed aircrafts are rare seen. The AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR is the 1st of the 14 commanded.
This Hornet is very often used for testing new avionics/weapons and mostly based in Emmen (flights for RUAG/armasuisse). Here it can be seen taking off from Payerne with an FRA-Pod.