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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]
On 1 October 2010 VFA-125 (the "legacy" F/A-18 Hornet FRS also stationed at NAS Lemoore) was deactivated and the squadron's aircraft and personnel were absorbed into VFA-122. The merger was intended to cut administrative costs and streamline production in anticipation of the "legacy" F/A-18 Hornet being phased out by the Super Hornet and F-35 ...
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
On Friday, 29 September 2023, VMFAT-101 was decommissioned after 54 years of service. It was the last remaining F/A-18 Hornet training squadron in the US Navy and the Marine Corps. In its absence, VMFA-323 assumes the role of training replacement F/A-18 pilots until the aircraft is finally phased out of the Marine Corps inventory. [1]
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 ...
F/A-18 Hornet: Multirole fighter: McDonnell Douglas (1974–1997) Northrop (1974–1994) Boeing (1997–2000) Used extensively by the U.S Navy: 1978 1983 1,480 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet: Carrier-based multirole fighter McDonnell Douglas(1995–1997) Boeing Defense, Space & Security(1997–present) 1995 1999 2001 ≥632 as of April 2020 F-35 ...
All Commando Solos retired. Super-Js to be replaced by MC-130s. [24] F-117 Nighthawk: Lockheed: USA Jet Aggressor aircraft/research and development Manned 1983 [4] 4 [18] Although officially retired in 2008, the aircraft has been involved in various exercises beginning around 2020. [4]