US Navy Rhino Demo Team
The US Navy’s Super Hornet tactical demonstration, flown as a collateral duty by instructors of the two Super Hornet training squadrons at Oceana and Lemoore.
US Navy Rhino Demo Team: how the team came to be and what it flies today
Two coasts, two training squadrons
The Rhino Demo Team takes its name from the fleet nickname of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It is not a standing unit: the displays are flown as a collateral duty by instructors of the Navy’s two Super Hornet fleet replacement squadrons, VFA-106 “Gladiators” at NAS Oceana, Virginia, on the East Coast and VFA-122 “Flying Eagles” at NAS Lemoore, California, in the west. VFA-106’s tactical demonstration lost its 2013 season to sequestration and returned at Oceana in September 2014.
A tactical demo and the 2026 stand-down
The display is a tactical demonstration of the two-seat F/A-18F, flown by a pilot and weapon systems officer, and is often paired with a Navy Legacy Flight of historic aircraft. After two EA-18G Growlers of the VAQ-129 demo team collided at Mountain Home AFB on 17 May 2026, the Navy grounded all its tactical demonstration teams; the Rhino teams were cleared to resume on 10 June 2026.
US Navy Rhino Demo Team in numbers
团队
- 形成
- 1架飞机
- Single F/A-18F display, pilot and WSO
- East and West Coast teams
飞机
- 飞行
- 波音F/A-18E/F超级大黄蜂
- F/A-18F Super Hornet
家
- 总部位于
- NAS Oceana and NAS Lemoore
- VFA-106 Gladiators (east)
- VFA-122 Flying Eagles (west)
显示屏
- 展出的飞机
- 1
Every type US Navy Rhino Demo Team has flown
| 飞机 | 年 | 数字 | 笔记 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 波音F/A-18F超级大黄蜂 | 1 | Two-seat Super Hornet; a spare usually travels with the team. |
US Navy Rhino Demo Team, year by year
VFA-106 tactical demonstration schedule cancelled for the year under sequestration.
Tactical demonstrations return at the NAS Oceana air show.
VFA-106 Rhino Demonstration Team publishes its 2020 schedule.
Navy tactical demo teams stood down after a Growler demo collision at Mountain Home AFB.
Rhino teams cleared to resume displays.
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