EA-18G First Flight...

[STLEngineer]

Aircraft EA-1 took off just before 1:00pm central time.

Nice to see all of the hard work pay off.

Enjoy it, EA guys.

 

[raptor10]

Whats that...? You mean the F/A-18F?

Just messin' with you...

 

[Tex_Hill]

Whats that...? You mean the F/A-18F?

Just messin' with you...

 

[STLEngineer]

Not starting anything... just reporting what I witnessed with my own 2 eyes.

 

[chrispaul]

Is EA-1 a test aircraft, or is that the first one for the fleet? Just curious, my brother is a Prowler guy that would like to hear.

 

[STLEngineer]

It's primarily a test aircraft. I am not sure if it goes to the fleet after testing or if it's a dedicated test aircraft. It's not painted up like one of the strike test aircraft at PAX River, however.

 

[Pugs]

It's primarily a test aircraft. I am not sure if it goes to the fleet after testing or if it's a dedicated test aircraft. It's not painted up like one of the strike test aircraft at PAX River, however.

First one (EA-1) goes to Pax, EA-2 will go to China Lake according to my internal sources

 

[Steve Wilkins]

I think I might have seen it. I was looking at houses in an area along runway centerline. I saw what looked like a Super Hornet fly directly over me.

 

[Skeet]

Whats that...? You mean the F/A-18F?

Just messin' with you...

You guys mess around way too much for us newbies.
A friend at the base sent me a pic, but I won't send it.

 

[Lawman]

EA-1 on its maiden flight. Interesting paint scheme.

 

[eddie]

sexy

 

[TuxFlier]

power up!

 

[Super Hornet 88]

Da Shocker in flight.