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Video: Australian Hornet Ball

You all remember the Hornet Ball video we posted a while back, right? It is a video of captivating footage with Legacy and Super Hornets out on cruise, running low level training missions, shooting missiles, dropping bombs, and perpetuating absolutely everything cool about being a fighter pilot in today’s United States Navy. Ring a bell?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to buckle up and hang on to your hats, because this one is a beauty!

Not to be outdone by “Yanks,” our good friends in the Royal Australian Air Force have produced their own version of the Hornet Ball video, as they too fly the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet and F/A-18C (Legacy) Hornet. Ask any USN or USAF fighter pilot who has had the privilege of flying with the RAAF – these folks are pros and extremely good at their craft.

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You all remember the Hornet Ball video we posted a while back, right? It is a video of captivating footage with Legacy and Super Hornets out on cruise, running low level training missions, shooting missiles, dropping bombs, and perpetuating absolutely everything cool about being a fighter pilot in today’s United States Navy. Ring a bell?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to buckle up and hang on to your hats, because this one is a beauty!

Not to be outdone by “Yanks,” our good friends in the Royal Australian Air Force have produced their own version of the Hornet Ball video, as they too fly the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet and F/A-18C (Legacy) Hornet. Ask any USN or USAF fighter pilot who has had the privilege of flying with the RAAF – these folks are pros and extremely good at their craft.

Watch as these Aussies bring the noise from down under! Enjoy!

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is the host, editor, and also a contributor to FighterSweep. He joined a well-known aviation lifestyle publication in early 2010 as a photographer, and a year later started writing feature articles. Since then, he has moved into a managing editor position at that publication. He holds a private pilot certificate and draws on his experience as a flight operations director in the airshow industry, as

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