3 afterburner F-18 DEPARTURES!

[@MajorCaliber]

The F/A-18... or as the Air Force calls it, the YF-17, lol...

[@PLANEMANIA747]

Great capturing 🤩

[@MajorCaliber]

Going heavy with 3 "bags" (drop tanks) each!

[@pkpnyt4711]

It needs it... one of the worst weight to thrust ratios out there.

[@PATRIOT_Acronym69420]

Those are EA-18G Growlers, not F/A-18’s.

[@Western.aviation]

Technically I never said they were F/A-18s, I only ever said “F-18s” and “growlers” for a title F-18 just fits in better than if I’m like “3 E/A-18G growlers departing in afterburner over head out of Billings, Montana.” F-18 refers to the entire line up almost no matter who you ask, F/A-18A, B, C, C+, D, E, F, and E/A-18G.