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China Lake, Calif. (Sept. 21, 2006) -- After a successful operational test of the APG-79 AESA radar in support of the Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance (SCAR) mission an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) circles over Ridgecrest, Calif., as it returns to its home at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake. The aircraft is one of the first Super Hornets equipped with the revolutionary new APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson (RELEASED)
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Service Branch
 US Navy
Primary Equipment
 F/A-18
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