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This image is floating around and as I pointed out on X, there doesn’t seem to be a pilot or wso visible. Of course, they could be short pilots but I doubt it.
The 4 missiles appear to be SM6 modified for air launch and is designated AIM 174B by the USN.
I suppose next will be an F35B or C with similar configuration, or a drone.
VX-9 F/A-18F Spotted With Heavy Air-to-Air Load of AIM-174s and AIM-120s
The U.S. Navy is continuing to test the new AIM-174B missile, derived from the SM-6, aboard the Super Hornet, with a VX-9 jet carrying four AIM-174s,
theaviationist.com
It’s real, and the site has links to other Rhinos with AIM-174Bs. One was spotted at RIMPAC in the summer.
First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles
The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B (or NAIM-174B) and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC
theaviationist.com
U.S. Navy Confirms SM-6 Air Launched Configuration is 'Operationally Deployed'
The SM-6 Air Launched Configuration (ALC), known by its official designation as the AIM-174, is the longest range air-to-air missile ever fielded by the U.S. Navy.
www.navalnews.com