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The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and ...
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]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, an American all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a more advanced derivative of the F/A-18 Hornet; F-18 (Michigan county highway), US; Fokker F.XVIII, a 1932 Dutch airliner; HMS Zulu, a 1937 British Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer
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The fighter was an F/A-18 Hornet flying off the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman. Both were rescued, one with minor injuries, after the "apparent case of friendly fire," which is being ...
A former F-18 pilot with ties to Central Massachusetts testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee hearing about his experience witnessing unidentified flying objects.. Ryan Graves, 37 ...
[8] [9] Many features that made the F/A-18 suitable for naval carrier operations were retained by the Canadian Forces, such as the robust landing gear, the arrestor hook, and wing folding mechanisms. The most visible difference between a CF-18 and a U.S. F-18 is the 0.6- megacandela night identification light.