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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) operated McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft between 1984 and 2021. The Australian Government purchased 75 A and B variants of the F/A-18 in 1981 to replace the RAAF's Dassault Mirage III fighters. The Hornets entered service with the RAAF between 1984 and 1990.
The Super Hornet is an enlarged redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.The wing and tail configuration trace its origin to a Northrop prototype aircraft, the P-530, c. 1965, which began as a rework of the lightweight Northrop F-5E (with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension, or LERX). [4]
In June 2023, the Financial Review reported that Australia, the United States and Ukraine were negotiating the supply of 41 Australian F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Ukrainian Air Force. [119] A further update was issued in December 2023, that the U.S. have continued talks with the Australian government and have begun exploring the option of ...
A F-35 taking off during the Australian International Airshow. AIR 6000: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multirole fighter [18] [19] A possible total of 100 F-35As are to be purchased under Project Air 6000 to replace the Hornets and Super Hornets.
The F/A-18 Super Hornet, like the one pictured here, can now carry a modified SM-6 missile known as the AIM-174B. The weapon has a longer range than other American air-to-air missiles and could ...
F/A-18A Hornet F/A-18B Hornet: United States Australia: Single-seat multi-role fighter-attack aircraft: 1985–2021: 75 aircraft. The Hornets were operated by No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF, No. 3 Squadron RAAF, No. 75 Squadron RAAF and No. 77 Squadron RAAF. See McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service: Boeing F/A-18F Super ...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in December. US Navy photo Friendly-fire engagements aren't uncommon occurrences in combat ...
An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down – was forced to take evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired from the cruiser USS ...