Keywords: US Navy 051215-N-9277A-002 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) conducts an operation test mission as a dessert rainstorm dissipates over the Coso Mountain Range.jpg en China Lake Calif Dec 15 2005 An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine VX-9 conducts an operation test mission as a dessert rainstorm dissipates over the Coso Mountain Range This aircraft is one of the first Super Hornets equipped with the revolutionary new APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array AESA radar which could eventually give naval aircrews a quantum leap in tactical capability over older aircraft equipped with mechanical radar systems U S Navy photo by Cmdr Ian C Anderson RELEASED 2005-12-15 051215-N-9277A-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 32131 U S Navy photo by Cmdr Ian C Anderson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 United States Navy Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake |