4 Wing Cold Lake is home to three CF-18 Hornet Squadrons: 410 'Cougar' Squadron, 416 'Lynx' Squadron, and 441 'Silver Foxes' Squadron. As a result there were a lot of CF-18s to be seen at the airshow. Two aircraft, from 410 and 441 Squadrons, were painted in special paint schemes to commemmorate the 75th Anniversary of the R.C.A.F. My CF-18 pictures are thumbnailed below.
Tails from left to right: 410 'Cougar' display aircraft (188718), to see the other tail (taken at Abbotsford in March 1999)
click here. 441 'Silver Foxes' 75th R.C.A.F. Anniversary paint scheme, with stylized fox head on the inside of the tail. 410 'Cougar' 1998 display aircraft (188710) on display with engines removed. To see the other tail (taken at the 1998 Lethbridge International Airshow) click here.
441 Squadron painted this CF-18 (188724) in a special comemmorative checker paint scheme.

Royal Canadian Air Force 75th Anniversary Hornets on display.
CF-18 Hornets on the active ramp at 4 Wing Cold Lake. Note the low ceiling that forced the cancellation of much of the Saturday program.
Three CF-18s take-off prior to their display.

An impressive sight as six Hornets taxi along the show line.
Canadian astronaut Julie Payette in the back seat of the cockpit of this CF-18.
4-ship flyby.

4-ship flyby.
CF-18 Hornet (188920) fold back the wings after performance.
Two Hornets from 410 'Cougar' Squadron on take-off.

CF-18 (188931) taxis along the showline prior to the airshow.
Is the small logo on the tail of this CF-18 (188776) (a cartoon mouse?) a special squadron marking from Kosovo? This aircraft also has mission markings on the side of the fuselage from Kosovo.

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