Re Rotating Epigram -- the flip side (of right to be heard is not a right to be taken seriously epigram) is "Just because you have a right to an opinion, does not mean your opinion in right."

Let's see.....an F-18 Hornet in an ad for the Air Force does not compute. The F-18 is supposed to be exclusive to the arsenal of the Navy and Marine Corps. I don't believe the Air Force has any Hornets in any of their tactical fighter wings. Basically, the Navy is either advertising for the Air Force or the Air Force is advertising for the Navy in some sort of bizarre recruiter swing party.

Reagan80, since they give a non-US phone number and the site is the Australian version of Yahoo, I assume it's an ad for the Australian AF. I know the USAF has no F-18's, but the Australian AF has 71 according to their website.

But as far as answering the question of what's "wrong" with the picture, I've got nothing.

The F-18 is flying west but the shadows clearly indicate the sun has set.

Or is it that the plane looks like it is standing still and the water is moving.

No, Wait, now that I moved the picture into photoshop, I see that the pilot has his oxygen mixture set to rich for such a low altitude.

Could it be a Su-27 Flanker, painted haze grey, with USN insignia. Nah, Reagan80 got it; I just wanted to post a comment to celebrate the return of aviation trivia.
Annika, have you read Ben Rich's 'SKUNK WORKS'? If not, I'd certainly recommend it. Rich was Kelly Johnson's protégé and worked for Johnson on the U-2 and SR-71. After Johnson retired Rich led the Skunk Works team through the F-117 program.

Yeah, reagan80 nailed it -- but I think Paul made a very good catch. Our clever hostess put "wrong" in quotes because "the" (U.S.) Air Force doesn't fly the F/A-18 (thus the ad seems wrong), but she knows the RAAF does (thus it's not really wrong -- i.e., "wrong"). Annika's busting out a little of that freshman psych on us.

Annika, I just saw an ad saying the Marine Corps is looking for women to fly high-performance aircraft. Sure you really want to go to law school?

Foster, the two aren't mutually exclusive: military JAG's can do ANYTHING. I saw it on TV, so it must be true. ;-)

You guys are too fucking good. i thought this was much harder than it turned out to be. Paul W. got it first. There is nothing "wrong" with the ad. It is for the Royal Australian Air Force, which does indeed fly the F/A-18, built in Australia under license from McDonnell Douglas.

She's like fucking with our minds and shit ;)

...only cuz I did not catch it...

In the interest of full disclosure, I should add that I went for it hook, line and sinker. I was going to comment that the AF doesn't fly F/A-18s, until I saw Paul's comment.