[MilCom] ATTICs & CHECKs (F/A-18s) arrive Patrick AFB

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At 12:30pm today (Sat), three flights of Beaufort F/A-18s (two  per flight) 
arrived at Patrick. They are still on the ground:
Attic 71
Check 61
Check 63.
  After being refused carrier breaks, they each broke mid-field and  came 
around twice, giving me a chance to shoot some neat photos. They came over  the 
house close enough for me to see:
Check 72 is DR-210
Check 62 is DR-204.
  Could not quite read the pilots' name tags.
  As Check 61 flight was landing, they had to delay a few moments for  
landing of an A-10. Got a picture of the A-10, but missed his callsign.
 
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