Keywords: US Navy 050907-N-9277A-001 A pilot assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), looks out the canopy of his F-A-18F Super Hornet.jpg en China Lake Calif Sept 7 2005 A pilot assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine VX-9 looks out the canopy of his F/A-18F Super Hornet as he conducts a low pop-up maneuver above the south end of Panamint Valley near China Lake Calif The aircraft was performing tests on the Shared Reconnaissance Pod System SHARPS prior to fleet-wide dissemination SHARPS is a multi-functioned reconnaissance pod adaptable to several airborne platforms for tactical manned airborne reconnaissance U S Navy photo by Cmdr Ian C Anderson RELEASED 2005-09-07 050907-N-9277A-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 28670 U S Navy photo by Cmdr Ian C Anderson PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in flight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 United States Navy Flying inverted |