USMC F-18 Hornet Tiger Stripes

[GrizzlyMike]

Is this a new camo pattern? I don't recall ever seing it before on an F-18. This is one bad looking jet. I took the shots at the Cleveland Airshow on Labor Day. 2 of the Pilots departed early and there was one aircraft in the display area.

 

[JD81]

That is vmfa(aw)-224, the bengals. Those ar 18D's they have. Usually the CAG or CO bird has the rudders painted in orange and black bengal stripes. Not unusual for USMC though, they do a lot of unique stuff. I forget which squadron it was, but they painted a jet that looked like the 'matrix'. It was about 5 different shades of gray and it looked like the screens that the matrix appears on in the movie. If you googled "digital hornet" you could probably find pics. I'll see if I have any to post.

 

[TurnandBurn55]

Yeah... Marines don't fly the Rhino... definetely an -18D... the round intakes and the long leading-edge extensions are the giveaway...

Lot of unique camo patterns out there...

 

[squeeze]

Yeah... Marines don't fly the Rhino... definetely an -18D... the round intakes and the long leading-edge extensions are the giveaway...

Lot of unique camo patterns out there...

where did anyone call it a "Rhino?"

 

[Fly Navy]

where did anyone call it a "Rhino?"

Title of the thread is "USMC F-18 Superhornet Tiger Stripes"

 

[Lawman]

Never mind.....

 

[TurnandBurn55]

Reading is fundamental, squeezie

 

[Fly Navy]

Reading is fundamental, squeezie

He called you Squeezie, how cute.

 

[The Chief]

Hats off on the Photo's Mike. Great job.

 

[eddie]

where did anyone call it a "Rhino?"

Why is the Superhornet taking the Phantom's nickname?

 

[eddie]

They weren't really using it anymore.

fair enough...

 

[hornetframer]

The one true way to distinguish a -18D from an -18B are the 3 small radomes (look like little bumps) on each side of the forward fuselage and 3 radomes on the top, trailing edge of the vertical stabilator. The -18B has 1 and 2 respectively.

 

[JD81]

OK, I don't have any pics but I found some of the digital hornet on another site I frequent. Try this address, should still be valid.

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35017&hl=digital+hornet

 

[nugget81]

...they painted a jet that looked like the 'matrix'. It was about 5 different shades of gray and it looked like the screens that the matrix appears on in the movie. If you googled "digital hornet" you could probably find pics.

That's a cool looking jet also. You are right about the "digital Hornet" title but the whole "Matrix" deal is a bust. I'm pretty sure that Hornet was painted to represent the newest Marine camo pattern which was developed digitally and has the Marine Corps emblem throughout. Never did see too many Marine Corps emblems in the Matrix...

 

[nfo2b]

OK, I don't have any pics but I found some of the digital hornet on another site I frequent. Try this address, should still be valid.

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35017&hl=digital+hornet

Cool pic. Not as cool as the tiger stripes, IMHO, but cool nonetheless. I don't think they patterned it after the Matrix movie, though. It seems to mimic the new "digital" camouflage pattern on the Marine BDU's.