Norfolk, VA: Planes

While staying in fabulous Norfolk, VA (actually Virginia Beach to be technical), guests of Oakwood Suites will enjoy daily flyovers of the Navy's state-of-the-art fighter aircraft, thanks to the its convenient location; adjacent to Naval Air Station Oceana.

Fortunatly they tended to close up shop around 10 at night, but being military types, they liked to start about 9am. All of the photos, to give you an idea of how close we actually were to the base , were taken in the back yard of the apartment we stayed in.

Several F/A-18's

And one F/A-18E SuperHornet, note the squarish intake vents under the wing.