Well, it might have been a sad day for Navy fighter jocks and a proud day for Air Force cargo haulers. A Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet became the first U.S. fighter jet ever to be flown home from war inside a cargo plane on Aug. 18.
As you can see above, the poor Super Hornet was stripped down and loaded into an Air Force C-5 Galaxy and flown from Kandahar Afghanistan to NAS North Island in San Diego, Calif., nearly six months after a rough landing left the fighter unable to fly.
via Defense Tech.
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