---
title: "First Photos Emerge Of F/A-18E Super Hornet In Blue Angels Paint"
description: "The team is slated to transition to the Super Hornet for the 2021 air show season."
date: "2020-05-05"
modified: "2020-05-05"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway"
url: "https://www.twz.com/33307/first-photos-of-f-a-18e-super-hornet-in-blue-angels-paint-emerges"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "F/A-18"
  - "Fighters"
  - "Naval Aviation"
  - "Navies"
  - "Sea"
  - "U.S. Navy"
tags:
  - "2021 Season"
  - "air shows"
  - "Blue Angels"
  - "F/A-18E"
  - "First Look"
  - "Hornet"
  - "Navy Flight Demonstration Team"
  - "Paint-job"
  - "scheme"
  - "Super Hornet"
  - "Transition"
---

# First Photos Emerge Of F/A-18E Super Hornet In Blue Angels Paint

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/2020/05/23545.jpg>)
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With the Navy's Flight Demonstration Team's transition from the Legacy Hornet [to the Super Hornet](<https://www.twz.com/26850/blue-angels-to-receive-18-early-model-super-hornets-and-revised-routine-for-2021-season>) coming in hot, we have got our first look at an F/A-18E in the Blue Angels' iconic blue and gold motif.

Our friends at Airshowstuff.com had the scoop first, in which they noted that the jet shown was one of the same F/A-18E models painted-up in the [special 'Maverick scheme'](<https://www.twz.com/23552/photos-leak-of-what-appears-to-be-mavericks-specially-painted-super-hornet-for-top-gun-2>) for Top Gun 2 before it was draped in its new navy blue attire. Make sure you read Airshowstuff.com's entire post that also has the [images in question linked here.](<https://airshowstuff.com/v4/2020/first-look-new-blue-angel-f-18-super-hornet-unveiled/?fbclid=IwAR3vLzpgqNYKRseid1vSNDqiFiYjziQa_5RJz-8W8746v3GOe2hucxg61Xs>) You can see another set of images of the painted up Super Hornet in the tweet below:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1257788782818058245

The original plan was for the Blues to transition to the Super Hornet between the 2020 and 2021 seasons, but with air shows now being canceled for some time, a move that could now last through the entirety of 2020, we may see them attempt to speed up the transition, or at least allow for more time to see it through.

The team is set to receive 18 Super Hornets, some of the oldest in the fleet, which will be modified into the Blue Angels' unique configuration. The team's routine is also being modified for the new jets' unique performance. You can learn more about these alternations to the planes and the team's routine [in this past post of ours.](<https://www.twz.com/26850/blue-angels-to-receive-18-early-model-super-hornets-and-revised-routine-for-2021-season>)

The Blue Angels are also set to start flying their [new (at least to them) C-130J](<https://www.twz.com/32524/blue-angels-tease-updated-paint-scheme-on-their-new-c-130j-fat-albert-transport>) transport to fill the beloved ['Fat Albert' role](<https://www.twz.com/4142/fat-albert-c-130-gives-you-a-buzz-cut-in-this-crazy-head-on-takeoff-video>) any time now. The acquisition of a totally new set of enhanced mounts for the 2021 season was set to be historic for the team, but there is the chance that the pandemic could keep the 2021 season from happening as planned, too.

Regardless, it will be great to see the team's spiffed-up Super Hornets in the air, which looks to be something that is going to happen very soon.

*Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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