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The Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet Is Still Deadly After Nearly 50 Years
The F/A-18 was an advanced machine for the 1980s; the jet is still quite capable today. The enduring and admirable F/A-18 ...
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Finnish F/A-18 Hornets train with USAF KC-135 in aerial refueling over Finland
The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will participate in training missions with the United States Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft from February 10 to 13, 2025.
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Finland’s F/A-18 Hornets Are Patrolling Over Iceland
The F/A-18 Hornet was developed as an all-weather supersonic multirole fighter in the 1970s for the U.S. Navy before being offered for export sales. The aircraft has seen service around the ...
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Commander of Navy Ship Involved in F/A-18 Friendly Fire Incident Turns over Command
On Dec. 22, the USS Gettysburg crew fired on an F/A-18 that had just flown off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, destroying the aircraft and forcing its two ...
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The Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet Is Still Deadly After Nearly 50 Years
But the prototype from which the F/A-18 was developed, the YF-17, failed to impress U.S. Air Force reviewers considering bids for the Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program. The Air Force passed on the ...