Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA5109 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18E Super Hornet USN VX-9 Vampires, XE111, NAWS China Lake, CA, 2018. 1/72 Scale Diecast Model, Size: 7.5" Wingspan, 10" Long, Optional Up & Down Landing Gear, Armaments & Display Stand Are Included.

The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft variants based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. Primary Role: Carrier-Based Multirole Fighter.

F/A-18E Super Hornet 166957 c/n E199 code XE-111 is assigned to VX-9 ôVampires of the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) located at China Lake California. China Lake encompasses 1.1 million miles of the upper Mojave Desert which offers plenty of space to test and evaluate weapons and their various systems used by the USN Aviation Fleet. F/A-18E 166957 belongs to the C/O of VX-9 and has large Vampire Bats on the black tails and white stars on the black spine.