Home Index Site Search E-Mail Yellowsheet

<-- 2003 2004 Aircraft Photo Gallery. Last updated 28 February, 2008 2005 -->
• April -- The EA-6B Prowler Improved Capability (ICAP) III airborne electronic attack weapon system began operational evaluation (OPEVAL) with VX-9.

HH-1N Huey and Search & Rescue Crew, China Lake, 2004.

Photo from Damien Ramey.

Artists rendition of the X-47B Pegasus landing at China Lake.

A Boeing Joint Unmanned Combat Air System X-45 aircraft releases an inert global positioning system-guided bomb Sunday over a China Lake range.

Boeing photo.

Lt. James Tran, a catapult shooter, signals for the launch of a VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet from the USS Carl Vinson, 25 April 2004.

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris M. Valdez.

USAF F-16C Falcon s/n 88-0445 in flight over China Lake with AIM-9x Sidewinder missles, 18 July 2004.

Photo by Tom Reynolds. Note /1.

An Arrow anti-ballistic missile launched as part of the on going USA/Israel Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIPP), 26 July 2004.

Point Mugu Sea Range. Official U.S. Navy photo.

An Arrow anti-ballistic missile launched as part of the on going USA/Israel Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIPP), 26 July 2004.

Point Mugu Sea Range. Official U.S. Navy photo.

An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Testing and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) makes an arrested landing aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, 13 August 2004.

U.S. Navy photo by PH3 Class Lewis Hunsaker.

VX-9 F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 166451, XE-231,NAS North Island, 14 August 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-31 F/A-18F Hornet BuNo 166619 leaves St. Louis after delivery from Boeing/McDonnell, 30 August 2004.

Photographer unknown, via Mike Wilson.

VX-31 F/A-18F Hornet BuNo 166450 refueling from a KC-10 tanker, 21 September 2004.

Photo by Robert Rossman.

VX-31 F/A-18F Hornet BuNo 166450, 21 September 2004.

Photo by Robert Rossman.

F4D Skyray BuNo 124587 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

F11F Tiger BuNo 124587 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

NTA-4F Skyhawk BuNo 153102 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

NTA-4F Skyhawk BuNo 153102 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

NTA-4F Skyhawk BuNo 153102 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

A-6A Intruder BuNo 152936 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

A-6A Intruder BuNo 152936 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

A-7C Corsair II BuNo 156797 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

A-7C Corsair II BuNo 156797 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

A-7C Corsair II BuNo 156797 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

F/A-18A Hornet II BuNo 160775 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

F/A-18A Hornet II BuNo 160775 on display at the China Lake Museum of Armament & Technology, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

AV-8C Harrier BuNo 159249 dedicated to COL Leffler, China Lake, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

AV-8C Harrier BuNo 159249 dedicated to COL Leffler, China Lake, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

AV-8C Harrier BuNo 159249 dedicated to COL Leffler, China Lake, 15 October 2004.

Photo by G. Verver.

USA YMH-47E Chinook s/n 88-0267, SOA prototype former s/n 88-0084, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

USA YMH-47E Chinook s/n 88-0267, SOA prototype former s/n 88-0084, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

USA YMH-47E Chinook s/n 88-0267, SOA prototype former s/n 88-0084, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

USA MH-60K Blackhawk s/n 91-26377, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

USA MH-60K Blackhawk s/n 91-26377, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

USA MH-60K Blackhawk s/n 91-26377, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 165400, XE-302, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-31 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 165536, #200, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-31 F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 165668, #201, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-31 F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 165668, #201, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 165669, #214, China Lake 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 165780, XE-00, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 165780, XE-00, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 165780, XE-00, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-31 F/A-18F BuNo 165793, #215, AESA logo, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 166422, XE-130, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 166428, XE-131, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

VX-9 F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 166601, XE-140, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

RAF 99 SQ 174 C-17A Globemaster III, s/n ZZ174, China Lake, 21 October 2004.

Photo by Dan Stijovich.

/1 Maj. Bill Peris, a 416th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, fired the AIM-9X from an F-16 recently, successfully acquiring and scoring a kill against a Navy subscale drone. This was the third time the AIM-9X was fired from an F-16, marking the variant's first guided launch from the aircraft.