Some of you will have seen the special Black/White scheme that Hornet A21-18 was painted in by Boeing (Australia) sponsored by the RAAF. This is obviously intended to honour the Magpie which is the emblem of 75 Sqn RAAF to which this airframe belonged. Steve Evans from Ronin has released a decal set for this scheme in both 1/72 and 1/48th scale. The first batch were taken during a flying display the airframe did.

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This 2nd batch from the RAAF were taken inside a hangar after it's first display when it arrived at RAAF Base Townsville after it's first flight in the new colours.

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There are a lot more photos online from private individuals, however I have restricted this spread to four images that Mick Mirkovic from AHMWA sent me (the heading image plus the last three), with the remainder coming from the RAAF Facebook page.

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