Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
An F/A-18F Super Hornet flies past the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in November. ... The F/A-18 Super Hornet that was shot down was part of the air wing attached to the aircraft carrier ...
Since this upgrade gave the plane a ground-attack capability, the Finnish Air Force also started to refer to the plane as "F/A-18" rather than just "F-18". [ 86 ] With a service life of 30 years, the Hornets are to remain in active service until 2025–2030. [ 87 ]
He said, "the pilots ejected at the last possible second in an apparent effort to make sure that the plane would not crash into a nearby school". [1] The F/A-18 plowed into the Mayfair Mews apartment complex that houses about 100 residents, located less than 3 mi (4.8 km) from the departure end of the runway. Total flight time was 70 seconds. [2]
A fighter jet crashed north of San Dieg o late Thursday night, killing the pilot who was the only person on board, authorities said.. The F/A-18D Hornet came down near Marine Corps Air Station ...
Two USN Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters from VFA-122 collided in mid-air at 2200 hrs., sending one crashing to the Nevada desert. One pilot ejected safely before his aircraft crashed near Naval Air Station Fallon and a second pilot landed the single-seat jet safely at Fallon.
The office of the Chief of Naval Operations later identified a Boeing-made F/A-18 with a nine-missile configuration as a "Murder Hornet," a play on the fighter jet's actual name, the Super Hornet.
Biley was unhurt during the crash-landing. February 23 – An AV-8B Harrier II (Bureau Number 161573) crashed when it failed to recover from a high angle dive during a night attack on a tank park in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, possibly hit by AAA or a MANPAD. The pilot, Captain James N. Wilbourn), was killed and his body was later recovered.