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  2. Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. 2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash - Wikipedia

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    On December 8, 2008 Lt Neubauer was piloting an F/A-18D-30-MC Hornet (Lot 12), BuNo 164017, [4] [5] [6] [3] from VMFAT-101, based at MCAS Miramar.Along with several other VMFAT-101 aircraft, he was conducting day and night carrier qualifications (catapult launches and tailhook arrested carrier landings) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln offshore 60 miles southwest of San Diego. [7]

  4. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet - Wikipedia

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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).

  5. Fog of war: The US Navy's Red Sea Super Hornet ... - AOL

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    The F/A-18 is a multi-role fighter jet made by US defense contractor Boeing that has been in service with the Navy for decades. A single aircraft is estimated to cost around $60 million.

  6. A US Navy missile cruiser shot down a Super Hornet over the ...

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    A $55.7 million F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said in a statement.

  7. 2012 Virginia Beach F/A-18 crash - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. A US Navy pilot narrowly avoided crashing into the sea by as ...

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    An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 approaches an aircraft carrier for landing. ... The F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot narrowly avoided hitting the water by just 16 feet ...

  9. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    USMC single-seat F/A-18C Hornet piloted by Capt. Jake Fredrick crashed in the Pacific Ocean, about 120 miles southeast of Iwakuni, Japan. The pilot escapes but dies after ejecting out of the plane. His body is found and identified next day. [287] 13 December USMC MV-22B Osprey crashes on Tuesday in shallow water off Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan.