Jim Battista wrote:
Seeing a couple fly over one at a time this weekend leads me to ask:

Is there any easy way to tell a plain-old Hornet from a Super-hornet if
it's alone in the sky? I know the E/F's are bigger, but, that ain't
much help without the other one next to it.

Is this one where you just have to really know what to look for?


I can't answer that particular question, but you probably saw Hornets
from VFA-201 out of NAS Fort Worth JRB. I'm basing that on your
University of North Texas email address.

Strike Fighter Squadron 201, a reserve squadron from Fort Worth, flew
combat missions from the USS Theodore Roosevelt last year during OIF.
They led Carrier Air Wing Eight in target acquisition, destruction of
targets attacked, sortie completion rates, and landing grades(Top
Hook).

See you at the NAS Fort Worth air show next month.