This summer the fresh pilots had graduated from Pilatus PC-21 and those days they have already there first solo-flights on Hornet. This young pilot here is in one of the last training-missions bevore this event.
"Twoseater" Hornet in "singleseater variant" :) . Take off into DACT sortie with Tigers II from FlSt 6 (in background is one F-5E returning to apron). This F/A-18D is in Payerne probably shared FlSt 17 "Falcons" and FlSt 18 "Panthers."