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All of the F/A-18A and Bs were scheduled to be retired by 2022. [111] The RAAF's Hornet sustainability planning was designed to allow the type to be retained in service for longer if the F-35 program experienced further delays. [38] No. 3 Squadron was the first Hornet unit to be reequipped, and ceased operating the type in December 2017.
Australia has sold 25 F/A-18A/Bs to Canada with first two delivered to RCAF in February 2019. [65] By 2021, 12 (A)F/A-18A and 6 (A)F/A-18B (and an additional 7 disassembled (A)F/A-18 for spare parts) were sold to the RCAF. [66] At Wings Over Illawarra 2021, the Hornet performed its last public flying display before retirement.
The initial commitment of aircraft included: six F/A-18F Super Hornet strike aircraft from No. 1 Squadron RAAF, one E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft from No. 2 Squadron RAAF and one KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport from No. 33 Squadron RAAF. [28] The ATG began operations on 1 October 2014. [29]
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 ...
Ukraine is studying the possibility of acquiring some or all of Australia’s 46 remaining FA-18A and two-seat F/A-18B Hornet jets. Is that a good idea? Ukraine May Buy Hand-Me-Down F/A-18 Hornets ...
No. 77 Squadron began converting to McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters in June 1987. It supplied a detachment of four aircraft to the American base on Diego Garcia in 2001–02, supporting the war in Afghanistan , and deployed to the Middle East as part of the war against the Islamic State in 2015–17.
This air-to-air loadout was first seen on a Boeing-made F/A-18 Super Hornet during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea last April.
The RAAF is supporting Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve through Operation Okra. Since operations commenced in 2014, the F/A-18A Hornets and F/A-18F Super Hornets have flown more than 12,000 hours during more than 2,000 sorties and delivered more than 1,600 munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)