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The F/A-18 Hornet: Inside the Navy Plane that Almost Never Flew
The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately ...
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Yemen’s Houthis Are Learning to Fear the U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet
The Super Hornet remains the Navy’s most advanced frontline carrier-based strike fighter. T he resurgence in violence between ...
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Boeing Wins Contract to Support F/A-18 Aircraft Program
The global demand for military aircraft is rising amid an increasingly ... in addition to the widely used F/A-18 Super Hornet. In particular, the F/A-18 Super Hornet remains a cornerstone of ...
The Aviationist on MSN7d
Russian Il-38 ‘Buzzes’ USS Carl Vinson While Escorted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 and F-35C
Video footage emerged showing an apparently recent close encounter between U.S. and Russian forces in the Pacific Ocean. The ...
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The Spanish F-4 Phantom II fighters, their tanker aircraft and the sad end of many of them
I'm a big fan of the Spanish Air Force's EF-18 Hornet fighters, but I like to remember the old glories that preceded them.
See Blue Angels and other aircraft take to the skies for the California Capital Airshow
Spectators watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform at the California Capital Airshow at Mather Airport on Saturday, March 22, ...
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Hometown Patriot: Mitch McCallister
SHREVEPORT, La. - It is one of the most lethal aircraft in America's Air Force; the F-18 Hornet. One of the pilots of that ...
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Boeing Wins Contract to Support F/A-18 Aircraft Program
Valued at $12.9 million, the contract is expected to be completed by March 2030. Per the terms of the deal, Boeing will be engaged in the repair of the landing edge flap antenna used on the F/A-18 ...