A crane carefully lifts an F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter from a flatbed truck at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Feb. 22, where the aircraft will undergo extensive maintenance and repairs to extend its service life. The wings and vertical stabilizer tip caps were removed and shipped ahead. The aircraft was preserved and stored at the “Boneyard” in the Arizona desert for two years until recalled to service by the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.
 (U.S. Navy photo by Marsha Child/Released)