Subject: Re: Patriotic Hornet Walkaround for July 4th
From: "uuu" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ken Middleton" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 11:55:03 -0700

Hi Ken,
I just wanted to let you know your walkaround photos went on ARC today.  Thanks for sending them in.   
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Middleton 
  To: Steve Bamford LG Acct 
  Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:14 AM
  Subject: Patriotic Hornet Walkaround for July 4th

  Steve,

  Here you go for a July 4th update please. 23 photos.

  Thanks

  Ken

  F/A-18A+ VMFA-115 "Silver Eagles" BuNo 163133 

  These photos were taken by Ken Middleton

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  Taken at the Quonset, Rhode Island airshow on 17/18 June 2005.

  Two Bobs Decals makes markings for this jet:

  72-031 F/A-18A/C/D OEF/OIF Marine Hornets  

  48-062 F/A-18A+ Patriot Hornets  

  32-016 F/A-18A+ Patriot Hornets  

   

  Note the name on the speed brake - Capt "Puj" Hooks. It is in memory of former pilot Capt. Franklin Hooks II, assigned to the "Silver Eagles" of Marine Fighter-Attack squadron One One Five (VMFA-115), who died in 2004. This marking was added after the decal release. 

  I got this excerpt from the Navy's website:

  "Hooks died when his F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed while conducting exercises off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman near the Azores Islands on June 26. Hooks began his military career as an Electronics Technician when he joined the Navy in 1990. In 1993 he was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1997."

   

          
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