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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.
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 ...
AIR 6000, Phase 2A/2B, Stage 2: 58 F-35A fighters have been approved for purchase bringing total on order to 72 aircraft. Stage 1&2 will replace all F/A-18A/B fighters in service. AIR 6000, Phase 2C: around 28 additional F-35A fighters planned for purchase. These will replace all F/A-18F fighters in service. Air 7000 Ph2B: P-8A and P-3C
The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft Project competition to replace CF-104 Starfighter , CF-101 Voodoo and the CF-116 ...
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 Super Hornet, developed in the 1990s as a jumbo version of the original F/A-18C Hornet, is the U.S. Navy’s main fighter jet. Barring an order from India, Boeing will pivot manpower and ...